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The Paying Guests

by Sarah Waters

2014•Drama•571 pages

Taste attributes: dramaromancehistoricalcrimeslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeMoving and realistic: a heavy novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaRomanceHistoricalCrimeComplex relationshipTroubled leadsInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

HospitalityWidowsGuestsBoardinghousesLGBTQ historical fictionSingle womenLandlord and tenantClass consciousness

Details

Author
Sarah Waters
Published
2014
Pages
571
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