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An Excursion into Victorian Gothic
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I love a good Victorian Gothic tale. I just purchased this and would be happy to leave a review once done.
Stephen wrote: "Yes, I'll give it a go and give you a review."Thank you Stephen. Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Lacey wrote: "I love a good Victorian Gothic tale. I just purchased this and would be happy to leave a review once done."Thank you Lacey. How did you get on? Did you enjoy it? Apologies for me taking so long to reply, but I've been offline for quite a while whilst visiting relatives. Christmas is a busy time. Thankfully, nothing sinister occurred ;-)



For any group members possessing a taste for this genre of fiction, this new release will be sure to be of interest: At Fall of Night. A sordid slice of seasonal Victorian Gothic. Download from Amazon for 99c/99p, or free on Kindle Unlimited at myBook.to/AtFallofNight
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To capture that which is transient, which is precious and beautiful: that is the aim of a certain type of artist; an artist such as Monsieur Benoit Lavarnier, toast of the Parisian art world, a man of culture, and yet still a son of the Breton soil, and a believer in its dark world of superstition. He has a commission to complete: to paint a portrait of renowned beauty, Lady Helena Brocklington. However, there lurks a danger in that act of creation, akin to devotion, that the artist may invest his work with such a part of himself, and his sitter, that it takes on an essence that may be taken for a life of its own. Could it be, that after so many decades, something beyond the paint itself endures?
An understated ghostly novelette, Victorian in sensibility and style, that immerses the reader in a tale of obsession, and terror.