Affinity

Waters, Sarah

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Margaret Prior is a prison visitor in the 1870s. Set in and around Milbank, one of London’s most notorious gaols for women, the story is both a both a ghost story and an intriguing literary mystery tale.

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Publish Date: 26/06/2012

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Affinity is the work of an intense and atmospheric imagination . . . Sarah Waters is such an interesting writer, a kind of feminist Dickens’ Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Daily Telegraph

Set in and around the women’s prison at Milbank in the 1870s, Affinity is an eerie and utterly compelling ghost story, a complex and intriguing literary mystery and a poignant love story with an unexpected twist in the tale. Following the death of her father, Margaret Prior has decided to pursue some ‘good work’ with the lady criminals of one of London’s most notorious gaols. Surrounded by prisoners, murderers and common thieves, Margaret feels herself drawn to one of the prisons more unlikely inmates – the imprisoned spiritualist – Selina Dawes. Sympathetic to the plight of this innocent-seeming girl, Margaret sees herself dispensing guidance and perhaps friendship on her visits, little expecting to find herself dabbling in a twilight world of seances, shadows, unruly spirits and unseemly passions.

Additional information

Weight 290 g
Dimensions 130 × 199 × 23 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

351

Language

English

Edition

Reissue

Dewey

823.92 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K