The Beguiled: A Novel
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Set against the smouldering backdrop of the American Civil War, The Beguiled chronicles the dangerous tensions that ignite when a wounded Union soldier is taken in by the women of a Confederate girls' school deep in the Louisiana bayou. As each woman and girl within the seminary projects her own desires, fears, and secrets onto the injured stranger, the power dynamics of the household shift in increasingly volatile and darkly seductive ways. Thomas Cullinan constructs a masterwork of psychological suspense, told through a chorus of unreliable female voices that twist and contradict one another, forcing the reader to question every account. Rich in Gothic atmosphere and sharp in its dissection of gender, war, and repressed desire, The Beguiled remains a singular American novel — one whose simmering final act delivers consequences that are as shocking as they are inevitable.
Author: Thomas Cullinan
Format: Paperback
Published: 2017, Penguin Books
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
Set against the smouldering backdrop of the American Civil War, The Beguiled chronicles the dangerous tensions that ignite when a wounded Union soldier is taken in by the women of a Confederate girls' school deep in the Louisiana bayou. As each woman and girl within the seminary projects her own desires, fears, and secrets onto the injured stranger, the power dynamics of the household shift in increasingly volatile and darkly seductive ways. Thomas Cullinan constructs a masterwork of psychological suspense, told through a chorus of unreliable female voices that twist and contradict one another, forcing the reader to question every account. Rich in Gothic atmosphere and sharp in its dissection of gender, war, and repressed desire, The Beguiled remains a singular American novel — one whose simmering final act delivers consequences that are as shocking as they are inevitable.