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Barcode30053003821199
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF PURV
Title The hounding : a novel / Xenobe Purvis.
Author Purvis, Xenobe, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003821199F PURV1/14/2026 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Purvis, Xenobe, author.
Title Statement The hounding : a novel / Xenobe Purvis.
Edition Statement First U.S. edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
Physical Description 226 pages ; 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this ... debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbed to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and when one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has before. The truth is that the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls--a little odd, think some; a little high on themselves, perhaps--but they've always had plenty to say about them and, as the rotating perspectives of five of the villagers quickly make clear, now is no exception"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Fiction. Social conditions 18th century Great Britain
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sisters Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Siblings Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Conformity Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Malicious accusation Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gossip Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rumor Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Village communities Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Hysteria (Social psychology) Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Oxfordshire (England) Fiction. Social life and customs 18th century
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Great Britain Fiction. History William and Mary, 1689-1702
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft

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