The Beguiled (Movie Tie-In) : A Novel (Paperback)

from AmaliaGavea

"How deep do the layers of deception go, I wondered one day."I wasn't aware of this novel,until I saw an advert for Sofia Coppola's recent film version,starring Colin Farrell. I didn't know there was a 1971 version either (and I wouldn't watch a Clint Eastwood film if my life depended on it). So,...

from AmaliaGavea

"How deep do the layers of deception go, I wondered one day." I wasn't aware of this novel,until I saw an advert for Sofia Coppola's recent film version,starring Colin Farrell. I didn't know there was a 1971 version either (and I wouldn't watch a Clint Eastwood film if my life depended on it). So...

from AmaliaGavea

"How deep do the layers of deception go, I wondered one day." I wasn't aware of this novel,until I saw an advert for Sofia Coppola's recent film version,starring Colin Farrell. I didn't know there was a 1971 version either (and I wouldn't watch a Clint Eastwood film if my life depended on it). S...

from hobbitprincess

The time period is the Civil War, in Virginia, in a girls' school run by 2 sisters. The other characters are the 5 remaining students, a slave, and a wayward and injured Yankee soldier. In places, the action moves very, very slowly, with long passages of the characters thinking or considering the...

from Stahl-Ricco

I really liked the way that this is written! The story is told sequentially, but the narrative shifts from one character to another. Kind of fun! So the injured Union soldier that ends up at a southern school for girls has his story told by the three women and five girls he encounters. And it's a...