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Horror

Cry to Heaven

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  • 1982 first published
  • 546 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
  • 27 editions
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Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven (1982) is a horror novel. The story is set in Venice, Italy, in the Eighteenth Century. Key subjects include Italy, singers, Castrati and musicians.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 47 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 27 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 546 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Cry to Heaven

In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws readers into eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols--and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • Eighteenth Century

Subjects

  • Horror
  • Italy
  • Singers
  • Castrati
  • Musicians
  • Castración
  • Novela
  • Cantantes
  • Cuentos de terror
  • Musical fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Cry to Heaven?

Cry to Heaven was written by Anne Rice and first published in 1982.

What genre is Cry to Heaven?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Cry to Heaven?

The median edition has 546 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Cry to Heaven?

Readers who like it often enjoy Vaporetto 13, The Haunted Hotel and Welcome to Dead House.

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