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Starlight
Stella Gibbons
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Paperback. Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'. He installs his wife in part of the cottages in the hope that there she will recover from an unspecified malady. With a mounting sense of fear, Gladys and Annie become convinced she is possessed by an evil spirit...
Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old man living secretively in the attic above them. Their quiet lives are thrown into confusion when a new landlord takes over, a dreaded and unscrupulous 'rackman'. He installs his wife in part of the cottages in the hope that there she will recover from an unspecified malady. With a mounting sense of fear, Gladys and Annie become convinced she is possessed by an evil spirit...
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099528692
SKU
9780099528692
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Ref
99-1
About Stella Gibbons
Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first publication was a book ... Read more
Reviews for Starlight
Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the 20th century
Lynne Truss Gibbons was an acute and witty observer, and her dissection of the British class system is spot-on
Mail on Sunday Stella Gibbons is - as always -gay, satirical and entertaining
Aberdeen Press and Journal 1967
Lynne Truss Gibbons was an acute and witty observer, and her dissection of the British class system is spot-on
Mail on Sunday Stella Gibbons is - as always -gay, satirical and entertaining
Aberdeen Press and Journal 1967