Horror

The Influence

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Description

An elderly spinster dies, leaving her English country estate to a poverty-stricken niece and her family, who pay dearly the true price of the inheritance, in this story of a woman's search for immortality.

What it’s like

ThemeGothic Horror Psychological Horror Melancholic The Haunting Immortality

ViolenceStandard

Awards

1 win

WinnerAugust Derleth Award (British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel)1989 FinalistLocus Award for Best Horror Novel1989

Details

First published: February 1988
Pages: 288
Reading time: About 6 hours
Format: Novel
Audience: Adult
Publisher: Flame Tree Press
Language: English
ISBN: 9781787583726
Series: Standalone

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