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House of Flowers

by Truman Capote · 1958 · 62 pages

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Ottilie is entranced by a beautiful young man, and leaves her life and friends to live with him and his old grandmother, who seems to hate her.

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Genre
romance
Setting
1950sUSA
Audience
adult
Length
short · 62 pages
Form
short storiesnovella

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