β Scribed by Margaret Atwood
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Paperback, 592 pages
Published 1996
Emblem edition (2010)
Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels in English (1950-1999)
In this astonishing tour de force, Margaret Atwood takes the reader back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. In 1843, at the age of sixteen, servant girl Grace Marks was convicted for her part in the vicious murders of her employer and his mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Grace herself claims to have no memory of the murders. As Dr. Simon Jordan β an expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness β tries to unlock her memory, what will he find? Was Grace a femme fatale β or a weak and unwilling victim of circumstances? Taut and compelling, penetrating and wise, Alias Grace is a beautifully crafted work of the imagination that vividly evokes time and place. The novel and its characters will continue to haunt the reader long after the final page.
Booker Prize Nominee (1996), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (1997), Scotiabank Giller Prize (1996), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1996), Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littΓ©raires du Gouverneur gΓ©nΓ©ral Nominee for Fiction (1996)
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SUMMARY: Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor. In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the wo
Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor. In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the world, and th