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Benighted

Paperback by Priestley, J. B.

Benighted

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ISBN:
9781405985802
Publication Date:
16 Oct 2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:
192 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Not yet available: due Oct-2025
Benighted

Description

PENGUIN HORROR: A celebration of the very best literary horror, a series of terrifying novels and tales that for generations have thrilled, captivated and kept readers wide awake at night. A group of travellers find themselves marooned in the Welsh countryside by torrential rains and buffeting winds. Desperate to find shelter from the storm, they flee to a crumbling mansion, where they are reluctantly taken in by the cloistered, erratic Femm family. Strange on first meeting, the secretive family's true peculiarities only become clear as the night unfolds... A gothic treat shot through with the dejection and anxiety of a world recovering from the horrors of the First World War, J. B. Priestley's Benighted is a razor-sharp blend of dark social satire and even darker dread. 'There are none too many stories comparable with this one' The New York Times

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