
The Jealous One
'Irresistible.' (Val McDermid)
Celia Fremlin(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-571-31277-1 (ISBN)
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Description
The Jealous One (1964), Celia Fremlin's fifth novel, opens on its protagonist Rosamund as she wakes from a mid-morning nap to find, to her delight, that she is running a temperature. Surely that explains her blinding headache, and even the weird, delirious dream in which she had murdered her overly seductive neighbour, Lindy? A great relief, then, to find this was merely the work of a fevered imagination. Until her husband exclaims, 'Rosamund! Have you any idea what's happened to Lindy? She's disappeared!...' "A tense situation, ultimately resolved by a beautifully fitting plot-twist. Even more memorable than the suspense story is the witty and acute comedy". (New York Times). "A brilliant example of the psychological thriller. The little worm of jealousy devours its way into the mind, gradually, page by page". (Hampstead & Highgate Express).
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
234 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-31277-1 (9780571312771)
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Person
Celia Fremlin (1914-2009) was born in Kent and spent her childhood in Hertfordshire, before studying at Oxford (whilst working as a charwoman). During World War Two, she served as an air-raid warden before becoming involved with the Mass Observation Project, collaborating on a study of women workers, War Factory. In 1942 she married Elia Goller, moved to Hampstead and had three children. In 1968, their youngest daughter committed suicide aged 19; a month later, her husband also killed himself. In the wake of these tragedies, Fremlin briefly relocated to Geneva. In 1985, she married Leslie Minchin, with whom she lived until his death in 1999. Over four decades, Fremlin wrote sixteen celebrated novels - including the classic summer holiday seaside mystery Uncle Paul (1959) - one book of poetry and three story collections. Her debut The Hours Before Dawn won the Edgar Award in 1960.