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The Angelic Avengers (1944)

by Isak Dinesen

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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 ...… (more)
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  SueJBeard | Feb 14, 2023 |
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! ( )
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A young girl, whose name was Lucan Bellenden, on a spring evening sat deep in thought by the window of a fine big English country house.
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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 ...

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