Victorian Chaise Longue the
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Book Overview
The charming, childish wife of a successful lawyer, falls asleep one afternoon on her Victorian chaise longue, recently purchased in an antique shop, and awakes in the fetid atmosphere of an ugly, over-furnished room she has never seen before. This is the story of a trip backward in time in which a nostalgia for the quaint turns into a hideous nightmare.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0897330978
ISBN13:9780897330978
Release Date:January 1984
Publisher:Chicago Review Press
Length:152 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.2" x 7.1"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Very Interesting & Creative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I thought this book was very creative & interesting...from more than one perspective. The protagonist of the story, Melanie Langdon, falls asleep on the Victorian sofa sometime in the 1950's and she wakes up as Milly Baines in the 1860's. She struggles to get back to the life she had as Melanie Langdon because, not only is it a much better life, but it's the only life she can remember. She has no idea what is going on in her life as Milly Baines...as she can do is piece together pieces of "the puzzle" by listening carefully to what everybody is talking about and trying to figure out who she is. Bits and pieces of both lives (Melanie's & Milly's) seem real and familiar, making it almost impossible for her to distinguish whether she is trying to get back to a dream that doesn't exist or whether she is trying to escape a nightmare that isn't hers.
Interesting, with a surprise ending
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The main character of this book, Melanie Langdon, is very sick and must stay in bed for weeks. She chooses to lay on the antique chaise longue, falls asleep, and wakes up in an "ugly room she has never seen before." With horror, she realizes that she is caught in a situation from which there is apparently no escape. The book is a nice read, but the ending is somewhat unsatisfying.
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