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The Lodger

A Tale of the London Fog

Marie Belloc Lowndes
4.4
(28)
Duration
8h 16m
Year
2006
Language
English

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An elderly couple living in Victorian London had been struggling financially, until an eccentric gentleman answered their ad for a lodger. But as women begin dying at the hands of a serial killer, they start to suspect something too horrific for words.

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"Marie Belloc Lowndes' story explores the psychology of survival in the face of agonizing moral conflict. Lorna Raver's performance is a tour de force. Her dexterity shifting between accents is breathtaking. She creates the precise intensity, uncertainty, or sheer terror called for by each shocking situation. Raver's performance, combined with Lowndes's literate, suspenseful plot, makes this must
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"Dealing with not only the psychology of 'The Avenger'-her version of Jack the Ripper-but also with that of his landlady…Lowndes creates an atmosphere of suspense, fear, and horror."
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"Matchless for excitement and artistry of writing, The Lodger…takes the reader into a tale of almost unbearable suspense."
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