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The Hounding

By Xenobe Purvis

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The Hounding

By Xenobe Purvis

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National Bestseller ¿ A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick ¿ Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by NPR, TIME, LitHub, Paste, and PopVerse ¿ The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they're turning into dogs. ONE OF PEOPLE'S, APPLE BOOKS', AND AMAZON'S BEST BOOKS OF AUGUST 2025 "A wildly inventive riff on the Gothic form, with enough suspense and mounting dread to rival Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery.'" -The New York Times Book Review Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbank to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has before. The truth is that though the inhabitants of Little Nettlebed have never much liked the Mansfield girls-a little odd, think some; a little high on themselves, perhaps-they've always had plenty to say about them. As the rotating perspectives of five villagers quickly make clear, now is no exception. Even if local belief in witchcraft is waning, an aversion to difference is as widespread as ever, and these conflicting narratives all point to the same ultimate conclusion: Something isn't right in Little Nettlebed, and the sisters will be the ones to pay for it. A richly atmospheric parable of the pleasures and perils of female defiance, The Hounding considers whether in any age it might be safer to be a dog than an unusual young girl.
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Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2025-08-05
Publication Date:
2025-08-05
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250366380
ISBN13:
9781250366382
Weight:
326 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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