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The madwoman upstairs : a novel / Catherine Lowell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Touchstone, 2016Copyright date: �2016Edition: First Touchstone hardcover editionDescription: 337 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501124211
  • 1501124218
  • 9781501126307
  • 150112630X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "A debut novel about the last remaining descendant of the Bront�es who discovers that her recently deceased father has left her a treasure hunt that may lead to the long-rumored secret literary estate"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Since Samantha Whipple's father died, she is the presumed heir to a long-rumored trove of diaries, paintings, letters, and early novel drafts passed down from the Bront�e family-- a trove which may be just another fiction. When Samantha enrolls at Oxford University, long lost objects from the past begin rematerializing in her life. Her fathers distinctive copy of Jane Eyre, which should have perished in the fire that claimed his life, is the first of many clues in an elaborate scavenger hunt derived from the world's greatest literature.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Fiction Lowell, Catherin Available 33111008154342
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Lowell, Catherin Available 33111008385391
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Catherine Lowell's smart and original debut novel--hailed by Deborah Harkness as a "charming and memorable read"--the last remaining descendant of the Brontë family embarks on a modern-day literary scavenger hunt, using only the clues her eccentric father left behind, and the Brontës' own novels.

Samantha Whipple is used to stirring up speculation wherever she goes. Since her father's untimely death, she is the presumed heir to a long-rumored trove of diaries, paintings, letters, and early novel drafts passed down from the Brontë family--a hidden fortune never revealed to anyone outside of the family, but endlessly speculated about by Brontë scholars and fanatics. Samantha, however, has never seen this alleged estate and for all she knows, it's just as fictional as Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights .

But everything changes when Samantha enrolls at Oxford University and long lost objects from her past begin rematerializing in her life, beginning with an old novel annotated in her father's handwriting. With the help of a handsome but inscrutable professor, Samantha plunges into a vast literary mystery and an untold family legacy, one that can only be solved by repurposing the tools of literature and decoding the clues hidden within the Brontës' own novels.

A fast-paced adventure from start to finish for readers who devoured The Weird Sisters and Special Topics in Calamity Physics , The Madwoman Upstairs is a moving exploration of what happens when the greatest truth is, in fact, fiction.

"A debut novel about the last remaining descendant of the Bront�es who discovers that her recently deceased father has left her a treasure hunt that may lead to the long-rumored secret literary estate"-- Provided by publisher.

Since Samantha Whipple's father died, she is the presumed heir to a long-rumored trove of diaries, paintings, letters, and early novel drafts passed down from the Bront�e family-- a trove which may be just another fiction. When Samantha enrolls at Oxford University, long lost objects from the past begin rematerializing in her life. Her fathers distinctive copy of Jane Eyre, which should have perished in the fire that claimed his life, is the first of many clues in an elaborate scavenger hunt derived from the world's greatest literature.

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