The Quickening
No CoverIn 1925, a pregnant photographer enters a decaying English manor for an auction job, uncovering seances, secrets, and gothic menace.
In 1925, a pregnant photographer enters a decaying English manor for an auction job, uncovering seances, secrets, and gothic menace.
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Newly remarried pregnant protagonist; mild marital context only
Backstory deaths from war and flu; eerie peril, little gore
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Mild period faith backdrop alongside spiritualist practices
No fantasy magic present
Seances, spiritualism, and haunting central to the mystery
Post-war class tensions and feminist gothic undertones
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Child and spouse deaths; husband's war trauma; grief exploitation
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