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O Caledonia audiobook

  • By: Elspeth Barker
  • Narrator: Eilidh Beaton
  • Category: Coming of Age, Fiction
  • Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Publish date: January 01, 2022
  • Language: English
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O Caledonia Audiobook Summary

In the tradition of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a darkly humorous modern classic of Scottish literature about a doomed adolescent growing up in the mid-19th century–featuring a new introduction by Maggie O’Farrell, award-winning author of Hamnet.

Janet lies murdered beneath the castle stairs, attired in her mother’s black lace wedding dress, lamented only by her pet jackdaw…

Author Elspeth Barker masterfully evokes the harsh climate of Scotland in this atmospheric gothic tale that has been compared to the works of the Brontes, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edward Gorey. Immersed in a world of isolation and loneliness, Barker’s ill-fated young heroine Janet turns to literature, nature, and her Aunt Lila, who offers brief flashes of respite in an otherwise foreboding life. People, birds, and beasts move through the background in a tale that is as rich and atmospheric as it is witty and mordant. The family’s motto–Moriens sed Invictus (Dying but Unconquered)–is a well-suited epitaph for wild and courageous Janet, whose fierce determination to remain steadfastly herself makes her one of the most unforgettable protagonists in contemporary literature.

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O Caledonia Audiobook Narrator

Eilidh Beaton is the narrator of O Caledonia audiobook that was written by Elspeth Barker

About the Author(s) of O Caledonia

Elspeth Barker is the author of O Caledonia

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O Caledonia Full Details

Narrator Eilidh Beaton
Length 6 hours 47 minutes
Author Elspeth Barker
Category
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date March 29, 2024
ISBN 9781797148342

Subjects

The publisher of the O Caledonia is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Coming of Age, Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the O Caledonia is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781797148342.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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