The House in Paris

From Library Journal

This 1935 novel is considered among Bowen's best. Eleven-year-old Henrietta is visting the Fisher family in Paris. The character of the city, however, has nothing on the characters inside the residence, including Leopold, a child; his unusual mother; a dead father who has as much presence as any of the living; and an old man dying in bed. There's something dark about the goings-on here, which Henrietta learns firsthand. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Her most atmospheric book... very eerie and richly descriptive." -Daily Telegraph (London)

"Bowen has flashes of the authentic Jamesian subtlety... [and] her own disturbing, searching presentation of complex human relationships.... Strikingly terse and original." -The Christian Science Monitor

"A compelling story, inspired with a deep insight into human nature." -Times Literary Supplement (London)