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Lord of the Far Island

  • 1975 first published
  • 336 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 34 editions

Published in 1975, Lord of the Far Island is a gothic fiction and romantic suspense novel by Eleanor Burford. Much of the action takes place in England. It deals with man-woman relationships, marriage, orphans and social classes.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 53 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 34 editions across 8 languages.

At about 336 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Lord of the Far Island

She was that most despised of creatures, a Poor Relation. Ellen Kellaway, orphaned at five, had been taken in by wealthy cousins, raised as a companion to their daughter - never once allowed to forget that her every advantage was owed to the charity of others. But her life of deference and submission was changed utterly when the son of a powerful London family asked for her hand in marriage, and opened up to her a world of untold wealth and social position. It was a fantasy more wonderful than any she had ever dared to dream . . . Why then did a presentiment of doom return again and again to haunt her? What was the meaning of the lifelong nightmare which had so often troubled her sleep - the image of an unfamiliar room, always the same in every detail, a door opening, and behind it, waiting unseen, a dreadful presence . . . Perhaps it was a warning of the tragedy so soon to follow. Or perhaps it was a message sending her to discover, for the first time, the secrets of her long lost family - the secrets of the ancient home of the Kellaways on the Far Island, off the wild coast of Cornwall. There she would find that a past more powerful than the present was still alive in Kellaway Castle, drawing her deeper and deeper each moment into its dark mystery . . . There she would find the proud and arrogant Jago Kellaway.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Romantic fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • English Gothic fiction
  • Romance fiction
  • Love stories
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Marriage
  • Orphans
  • Social classes
  • Suspense romance
  • Cornwall, England : county
  • Mystery & detective
  • Romantic suspense fiction
  • Guardian and ward

Quick answers

Who wrote Lord of the Far Island?

Lord of the Far Island was written by Eleanor Burford and first published in 1975.

What genre is Lord of the Far Island?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Romantic Suspense.

How long is Lord of the Far Island?

The median edition has 336 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lord of the Far Island?

Readers who like it often enjoy Jamaica Inn, Rebecca and Thornyhold.

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