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The Uninvited

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  • 1942 first published
  • 342 pages
  • 9 editions
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Published in 1942, The Uninvited is a ghost story and horror novel by Dorothy MacArdle. It deals with Ghost and England.

55 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 342 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Uninvited

Brother and sister Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald flee their busy London lives for the beautiful but stormy Devon coastline. They are drawn to the suspiciously inexpensive Cliff End, feared amongst locals as a place of disturbance and ill omen. Gradually, the Fitzgeralds learn of the mysterious deaths of Mary Meredith and another strange young woman. Together, they must unravel the mystery of Cliff End's uncanny past - and keep the troubled young Stella, who was raised in the house as a baby, from returning to the nursery where something waits to tuck her in at night... The second in Tramp's Recovered Voices series, this strange, bone-chilling story was first published in 1942, and was adapted for the screen as one of Hollywood's most successful ghost stories, The Uninvited, in 1944.
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Themes, setting & tropes

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Subjects

  • Ghost
  • Horror
  • England
  • Irish Science fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Uninvited?

The Uninvited was written by Dorothy MacArdle and first published in 1942.

What genre is The Uninvited?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is The Uninvited?

The median edition has 342 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Uninvited?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Turn of the Screw, The Great God Pan and The Haunting of Hill House.

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