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The story is told largely from the point of view of Peter, a boy who has been labeled as slightly slow and tends to follow authority. The others are Lola, a rebellious juvenile delinquent who doesn't trust anyone; Blossom, an overweight, spoiled girl who grew up in pampered wealth but who has recently been orphaned; Oliver, a generous, self-confident, and arrogant athlete who has always been ...
The House of Stairs is a 1988 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published under the name Barbara Vine. [1] Writing in The Washington Post , Michael Dirda referred to the novel as a "stunning suspense [thriller]".
William Warner Sleator III (February 13, 1945 – August 3, 2011), [1] [2] known as William Sleator, was an American science fiction author who wrote primarily young adult novels but also wrote for younger readers.
House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in November 1951. This print measures 47 cm × 24 cm (18 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). It depicts the interior of a tall structure crisscrossed with stairs and doorways. A total of 46 wentelteefje (imaginary creatures created by Escher) are crawling on the ...
House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, and it also may refer to: House of Stairs (Sleator novel) , a 1974 science fiction novel by William Sleator The House of Stairs (Vine novel) , a 1988 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published under the name Barbara Vine
The story parodies legends of the knights of King Arthur and stars Sir Agravaine, though the character in the story differs greatly from the Arthurian character. Plot. The narrator states that the following story is based on an old blackletter manuscript he found in a friend's ancestral castle, though the narrator has touched up the text a little.
The House of Flowers" [note 1] is a 1950 [1] short story by Truman Capote, first published in Botteghe Oscure Quaderno VI [2] and reprinted in Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was adapted into a musical of the same name .
"The House of Asterion" (original Spanish title: "La casa de Asterión") is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in 1947 in the literary magazine Los Anales de Buenos Aires and republished in Borges's short story collection The Aleph in 1949.