Description: Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married, to the delight of their friends and family. Then Oliver Haddo arrives on the scene. Fearsome, repulsive, he is a source of fascination for Margaret's single friend Susie. But it is Margaret ...
Synopsis Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married, to the delight of their friends and family. Then Oliver Haddo arrives on the scene. Fearsome, repulsive, he is a source of fascination for Margaret's single friend Susie. But it is Margaret who ultimately falls for Oliver.
Details
Publication Date:
2004-12-01
Size
Height:
8.0 in
Width:
5.0 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
15.2 oz
Publisher's Note In Paris of the 1900s, the evil and repulsive Oliver Haddo gradually brings a happily engaged young English girl under his hypnotic spell.
Industry Reviews "Maugham tells his tale of the weird and horrible with a simple sincerity and a constant matching of unhallowed practices with the clean, sweet things of common life that make its effect uncommonly impressive." Connolly