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Dragonwyck

Pages
352
Published
1944
Language
English

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Miranda Wells dreams of a life beyond her mundane farm existence. An invitation to Dragonwyck, the grand upstate New York estate of her distant relative Nicholas Van Ryn, offers an escape into a world of luxury and intrigue. As Miranda falls for the enigmatic Nicholas and the opulent, yet secretive, mansion, she discovers the dark truths hidden within its Gothic walls and the feudal traditions that clash with a changing America.

About the author

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Anya Seton

Ann Seton was born in New York, and died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the daughter of English-born naturalist and pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America, Ernest Thompson Seton and Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson. She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich. Her historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers. Dragonwyck (1941) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Two of her books are classics...

Characters

Miranda WellsProtagonist
Nicholas Van RynAntagonist
Edgar Allan PoeCameo
Herman MelvilleCameo
AstorsCameo
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