Flowers In The Attic Book Setting

Flowers in the attic is the first novel in the dollanganger series by v c.

Flowers in the attic book setting. Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday and a new excerpt. Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of flowers in the attic first in the renowned dollanganger family series which includes petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday and garden of shadows.

For personal reasons i was disturbed by the infamous incest subplot that the book has and the story always sounded very odd to me. Andrews mass market paperback january 1 2001 by v c. What kept me circling around to the beginning was that hyper gothic female evil. Flowers in the attic tells the story of four middle class children who are trying to cope with the death of their father only to learn that they must leave their past behind to live with their rich grandparents in virginia.

It s a weird strangely old fashioned love story and is chris ever the stuff of teenage dreams. Handsome brilliant extravagantly chivalrous but it s not what hooked me. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.

Upon arrival they are forced to live in one room with only an attic to play in for 3 years 4 months and 16 days. Dollanganger series complete flowers in the attic set of 5 novels by v c. Petals on the wind and if there be thorns are in the second set 788 pages with a preview of garden of shadows at the end which is actually the prequel to flowers in the attic. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.

Flowers in the attic is most famous for the fact that cathy and her brother fall in love. In this novel four siblings are locked in a secluded second story room in the childhood home of their mother after the death of their father. Andrews author 4 6 out of 5 stars 15 ratings. Flowers in the attic and petals on the wind are in the first set two novels together 868 pages total for the first book set.

The flowers in the attic series. Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of. Andrews 4 6 out of 5 stars 166. Andrews it is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary.

And then garden of shadows 327 pages. The family saga gothic style horror picturesque southern surroundings and theme of incest in flowers in the attic are features of andrews s books and those that neiderman penned in her name.