Anya SetonHistorical Fiction · Fiction·1904–1990
Dragonwyck
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.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10