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The House in Paris (Vintage classics) Book

Paperback. Pub Date :1998-05-14 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: Vintage Books When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers house in Paris. she is prepared to spend her day between trains looked after by an old friend of her grandmothers. Henrietta longs to see a few sights in the foreign city; little does she know what fascinating secrets the Fisher house itself contains. For Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold. an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day. the relations between Leopold. Henriettas agitated hostess Naomi Fisher. Leopolds mysterious mother. his dead father. and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs. come to light slowly and tantalizingly. It is as if the whole of the past has led up to this gloomy afternoon. which also holds within it the seeds ...Read More

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  • Foyles

    When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers' residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day, the mystery surrounding Leopold, his parents, Henrietta's agitated hostess and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs, come to light slowly and tantalisingly.

  • BookDepository

    The House in Paris : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099276487 : 0099276488 : 14 May 1998 : Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day, the mystery surrounding Leopold, his parents, Henrietta's agitated hostess and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs, come to light slowly and tantalisingly.

  • ASDA

    Two children strangers wait in a house in Paris: Leopold for his mother whom he has never seen and Henrietta for a train. Upstairs an old woman lies dying and her daughter flutters round her. The author exposes the apprehensions of the children and the reasons for their presence in the house.

  • Waterstones

    Two children, strangers, wait in a house in Paris: Leopold for his mother, whom he has never seen, and Henrietta for a train. Upstairs an old woman lies dying and her daughter flutters round her. The author exposes the apprehensions of the children a

  • 0099276488
  • 9780099276487
  • Elizabeth Bowen
  • 14 May 1998
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 238
  • New edition
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