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The Stone Maiden

  • 1973 first published
  • 285 pages
  • 3 editions

The Stone Maiden is a 1973 gothic fiction and horror novel by Alexandra Manners. The story is set in Scotland. Characters include Maggie Steart. It deals with young women.

24 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 285 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Stone Maiden

Unexpectedly, Maggie Steart is forced by circumstance to go and live with her father's long estranged kin in the Highlands of Scotland. There, beneath the cold and austere gables of the ancestral home, Maggie finds herself drawn into the web of terror surrounding the dread and mysterious island known as The Stone Maiden.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Maggie Steart

Subjects

  • Gothic
  • Young women
  • Romance
  • Horror
  • Scotland

Quick answers

Who wrote The Stone Maiden?

The Stone Maiden was written by Alexandra Manners and first published in 1973.

What genre is The Stone Maiden?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Stone Maiden?

The median edition has 285 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Stone Maiden?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Phantasma.

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