Pippin's Journal; or, Rosemary Is for Remembrance
by Rohan O'Grady
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"Slowly, and not without a certain inexplicable feeling of foreboding, I limped up the weed-grown gravel path to the door of Cliff House . . ." John Montrolfe, malformed and malevolent, the latest inheritor of the family curse, has come to England to claim his ancestral inheritance. He is grudgingly admitted to the Gothic mansion by a toothless old crone, and night after night his dreams are haunted by the phantom image of a beautiful young maiden. When he reaches out to touch the girl, the show more spectre's head falls grotesquely to one side and she vanishes as he awakes in horror.Montrolfe happens upon a secret drawer containing an old journal, written by the girl whose ghost has haunted him. In its pages a strange and horrible story unfolds, a tale of murder and buried treasure, a story that will finally reveal young Pippin's terrible fate and the origin of the Curse of the Montrolfes . . .A spellbinding Gothic page-turner, Rohan O'Grady's Pippin's Journal (1962) received rave reviews on its initial publication and returns to print at last to enchant and terrify a new generation of readers. show lessTags
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This was such a boring and depressing read. It was also super creepy, but not creepy in a spooky, gothic way. Creepy in a “revolves around a relationship between a 15 year old girl and a 33 year old man” kind of way. Edward Gorey’s black and white illustrations are wonderful so it gets an extra star for that. I do think that this story would appeal more to readers who loved Wuthering Heights, because it has a similar tone. But as someone who loves gothic books more along the lines of Jane Eyre, I really wish I hadn’t read this one.
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- Canonical title
- Pippin's Journal; or, Rosemary Is for Remembrance
- Alternate titles
- The Curse of the Montrolfes; The Master of Montrolfe Hall
- Original publication date
- 1962
- People/Characters
- John Montrolfe; Nanny Beckett; Beatrice Beckett; Ted Forbes; Catherine Barton (Pippin); Maximilian Fabian (Guy Montrolfe) (show all 11); Edward Yorek; Thomas Parr (the Dozer); Jenkin Davy; Tillie Barton; Reverend Peterson
- Important places
- Cliff House, Dorset, England, UK; Forsham, Dorset, England, UK; Witbridge, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Original language
- English
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- 37
- Popularity
- 777,134
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 7
