psychological fiction

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psychological fiction

The turning hour

a novel
2001
A young woman trying to recover from an attempted suicide finds herself learning more about her family as she works through her emotions with her counselor.

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1996
Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.

The turn of the screw

2002
Presents Henry James's classic tale in which a governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants.

Their eyes were watching God

2004
An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler.

Wuthering Heights

2003
A retelling of Emily Bronte's classic tale in which Mr. Lockwood, forced by a storm to spend the night at the home of the somber Heathcliff, uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire moors.

The alchemist

2002
A charismatic murderer tells his life story to a New York City psychologist, revealing that he was born in ancient Egypt, where he learned alchemy at the House of Ra and became tempted and corrupted by the dark arts.

The reader

a novel
1997

Little women

a family romance
1999
A study of "Little Women," discussing the literary and historical context of the novel, and offering a reading of the story as a romanticized portrait of author Louisa May Alcott's own family.

Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

an authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, performance adaptations, criticism
2003
Presents the annotated text of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel about a kind and well-respected doctor who is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation, and includes essays on the story's backgrounds and contexts, a look at performance adaptations, and a selection of critical commentary.

Crooked letter, crooked letter

2011
Silas Jones ended his friendship with Larry Ott after Larry was suspected in the disappearance of a girl he was dating, and now, twenty-five years later, another woman has disappeared and Larry is once again implicated, leaving Silas, the local constable, questioning what he really knows about his old friend.

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