{"product_id":"mary-reilly-isbn-9780375725999","title":"Mary Reilly","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eItalian Fever\u003c\/i\u003e and award-winning \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a fresh twist on  the classic Jekyll and Hyde story, a novel told from the perspective of Dr. Jekyll's dutiful and intelligent housemaid. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Part psychological novel, part social history, part eerie horror tale ... dark and moving and powerful.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Faithfully weaving in details from  Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, Martin introduces an original and captivating character:  Mary is a survivor—scarred but still strong—familiar with evil, yet brimming with  devotion and love. As a bond grows between Mary and her tortured employer, she is  sent on errands to unsavory districts of London and entrusted with secrets she would  rather not know. Unable to confront her hideous suspicions about Dr. Jekyll, Mary  ultimately proves the lengths to which she'll go to protect him. Through her astute  reflections, we hear the rest of the classic Jekyll and Hyde story, and this familiar  tale is made more terrifying than we remember it, more complex than we imagined possible.\"Part psychological novel, part social history, part eerie horror tale, \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly \u003c\/i\u003eis dark and moving and powerful.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The generosity with which \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e is imagined, the elegance of Martin's writing  and the depth of her engagement with her title character make it a memorable and  absorbing experience.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Valerie Martin creates memorable characters:  the pompous butler…an unctuous landlord…and the utterly convincing Mary, with a housemaid's  eye, a servant's rigorous sense of place-and a sufferer's hard won dignity.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e is an achievement-creativity skating exhilaratingly on thin ice.” —\u003ci\u003eThe  New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Mary is a remarkable character…. A marvelous performance.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA  Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.... A powerful and moving novel.\" \u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Haunting.... Powerful…. Mary Reilly's voice…casts a spell from the beginning:  we turn the pages, furiously compelled, because we must know more about her.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago  Sun-Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Entrancing and elegant…. A seamless retelling of the Jekyll and Hyde  story that is both a compliment and a complement to the original.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e is intensely cinematic, highly dramatic, suspenseful, stirring and  entirely absorbing….\u003ci\u003e Mary Reilly \u003c\/i\u003eis magnificent.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMary Reilly \u003c\/i\u003eis a virtuoso work, a meticulously crafted, resplendently written story…. Authentic  in its abundance of historical detail, it is also unbounded in Martin's imaginative  exploration of the psyche of a young girl.” —\u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003eVALERIE MARTIN is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled \u003ci\u003eSalvation.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e) and Britain's Orange Prize (for \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e).by the author of Italian Fever","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304055689445,"sku":"NP9780375725999","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375725999.jpg?v=1767732358","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mary-reilly-isbn-9780375725999","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}