tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post3630963707702761941..comments2023-08-15T10:55:39.879-04:00Comments on Corner of the Library: The Little Stranger - Review linkCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961733049650450031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336732435512852280.post-23365463486099279242009-06-26T13:08:19.121-04:002009-06-26T13:08:19.121-04:00Carolyn, I have just finished reading 'The Lit...Carolyn, I have just finished reading 'The Little Stranger'. What a superb Gothic story, I was sometimes afraid to turn the page but desperately wanted to know what was happening. Of course the mystery remains to the end and beyond. I can see the similarities with Josephine Tey's books. Have you read The Franchise Affair?<br /><br />In one of your posts you ask the significance of the name of the house. I think it is probably from the old division of counties into "hundreds". It suggests the times when a few important families owned most of the land in a county - something that was almost over by the time of the book's setting.<br /><br />I got rather impatient with the lack of action about half way through the book but I am glad that I persisted because it got very intriguing almost immediately after that.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.com