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Shepherd, Allen G. 1979. "Prototype, Byblow and Reconception: Notes on the Relation of Warren's The Circus in the Attic to His Novels and Poetry" Mississippi Quarterly, Winter 1979–1980 in Robert Penn Warren: A Study of the Short Fiction. pp. 104–116 Twayne Publishers, ISBN 0-8057-8346-6; Warren, Robert Penn. 1983. The Circus in the Attic ...
Here, 25 of the best classic winter books to read by the fire this winter: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Italo Calvino's postmodernist novel is a masterfully crafted puzzle. It begins with ...
Shepherd, Allen G. 1979. "Prototype, Byblow and Reconception: Notes on the Relation of Warren's The Circus in the Attic to His Novels and Poetry" Mississippi Quarterly, Winter 1979-1980 in Robert Penn Warren: A Study of the Short Fiction. pp. 104-116 Twayne Publishers, ISBN 0-8057-8346-6; Warren, Robert Penn. 1947.
The novel explains the origin of Olivia Winfield (the grandmother in Flowers in the Attic), the events that cause her to become the cold, domineering mistress of Foxworth Hall, and Corinne's childhood and eventual betrayal. It is the fifth novel of the Flowers in the Attic series but considered the prequel, as the story told takes place prior ...
A Night in the Lonesome October is a novel by American writer Roger Zelazny published in 1993, near the end of his life. It was his last book, and one of his five personal favorites. [1] The book is divided into 32 chapters, each representing one "night" in the month of October (plus one "introductory" chapter).
Rabbit Hill is a children's novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945. [1] In 1954 he wrote a sequel, The Tough Winter . Plot introduction
The Fox in the Attic, written by Welsh writer Richard Hughes and published in 1961, is the first part of the unfinished novel The Human Predicament. [1] In a note to the first edition, this was described by the author as "a long historical novel of my own times culminating in the Second World War."
At the attic party, Maggie provides a cupcake with a lighted candle. The dolls panic at the sight of fire, and their noise summons the aunts. The dolls fall over lifeless when they are seen by other people, and the great-aunts, believing that Maggie attempted to burn down the house, decide that they cannot keep her any longer.