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Daniel Archer
Oct 13, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1840s-lit
A solid 4 out 5 black spiders. 🕷🕷🕷🕷Definitely not for arachnophobes.
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WndyJW
Feb 13, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: nyrb, indie-press, translated, classics, gothic, germany-german-lit, horror
This short tale grabbed me from the first paragraph. It starts with a family preparing for the baptism of an infant in a remote Swiss village. Once the reader has a feel for the family and traditions in this community we settle down for a meal, during this meal a guest notices a very old, charred piece of wood built into a new window frame, The story that follows, told by the old grandfather moves at a quick pace, starting with an evil Feudal lord and his abused and oppressed serfs and the horri ...more
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Flowers
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Dave Nichols
Dec 17, 2018 rated it it was ok
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Oct 10, 2020 marked it as to-read
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