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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. paperback A translation of a Danish story written during the Nazi occupation. The supposed "Jane Austen style" romance is a thinly veiled story of the horror of the Nazi regime. The German censors either didn't recognize the hidden message, or didn't dare admit the evil presence at the heart of the story was the Third Reich. An interesting piece of history - and a good story too! no reviews | add a review
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Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home. Bound together by poverty, grief and their shared years at school, they set out to make a future for themselves in new surroundings. They are adopted by the austere, puritanical Reverend Pennhallow and his wife, and in their large, gloomy house they become immersed in study. But, after a chain of disturbing events, it does not take long before they realize that the cleric and his wife are not all they seem to be ... No library descriptions found. |
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