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The Wyvern Mystery

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1869

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The Wyvern Mysterycombines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story. When young Alice Maybell is orphaned she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two dashing sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice blossoms into a beautiful young woman she attracts the attentions of not one but two of the men she lives with. The blissful happiness that ensues, however, is short-lived as she finds herself embroiled in the dark secrets of the Fairfield family's past and the evil ambitions of its present.In a world that is nightmarish and malevolent, nothing and no one is quite what they seem. What is the dark secret in Charles Fairfield's past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange?

Genre
British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Setting
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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