An edition of Flowers in the Attic (1979)

Flowers in the Attic

Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st Pocket Books printing (45)

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  • ★★★★ 4.02 ·
  • 62 Ratings
  • 688 Want to read
  • 48 Currently reading
  • 101 Have read
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An edition of Flowers in the Attic (1979)

Flowers in the Attic

Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st Pocket Books printing (45)

by

  • ★★★★ 4.02 ·
  • 62 Ratings
  • 688 Want to read
  • 48 Currently reading
  • 101 Have read

This is the extraordinary novel that has captured millions in its spell!

All across America-- and around the world millions of readers have been captivated by this strange, dark, terrifying tole of passion and peril in the lives of four innocent children, locked away from the world by a selfish mother.

"Flowers in the Attic" is the novel that began V.C. Andrews' extraordinary career, winning her an immediate, fiercely devoted worldwide following.
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Pocket Books
Language
English
Pages
411

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Subjects
coming of age, romance, gothic, classics, series:dollanganger, doughnuts, incest, Gothic fiction, Psychological fiction, Fiction, abused children, brothers and sisters, grandparents, child abuse, Novela, Hermanos, Ficcion, Abuso de niños, Niños maltratados, Abuelos, American fiction, Grandparent and child, Social isolation, Inheritance and succession, Fiction, horror, Dollanger family (fictitious characters), fiction, Large type books, Children, Health and hygiene, Families, Horror tales, Enfants, Romans, collectionid:vcadg, Fiction, general
People
Christopher Dollanganger, John Amos, Corrine Foxworth, Olivia Winfield, Malcolm Foxworth, Catherine Leigh Dollanganger, Christopher Garland Dollanganger Jr., Carrie Dollanganger, Cory Dollanganger, Bartholomew Winslow
Places
Gladstone, Pennsylvania, Foxworth Hall, Europe, Florida
Times
1957, 1960

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Flowers in the Attic
2016, Charnwood
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Flowers in the Attic
2012, HarperCollins Publishers
paperback in English - printing (3)
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Flowers in the Attic
2012, HarperCollins Publishers
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Kwiaty na poddaszu
2012, Świat Książki
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Flowers in the Attic
2011, Harper Voyager
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Kind der Dämmerung
1993, Goldmann
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Flowers in the Attic
1989?, Pocket Books
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Fleurs captives
1987-06, France loisirs
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Flowers in the Attic
1981?, Pocket Books
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Flowers in the Attic
1981?, Pocket Books
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Flowers In The Attic
1979, Simon and Schuster
hardcover in English

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New York, USA
Series
Dollanganger series
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1987

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5, 571
Library of Congress
PS3551.N454 F5 1979

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
411 p. ;
Number of pages
411

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24207333M
ISBN 10
0671682873
ISBN 13
9780671682873
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0671682873
Goodreads
44430473

Work Description

Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series. The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. In 1993, Flowers in the Attic was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels."


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Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind

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It is so appropriate to color hope yellow, like that sun we seldom saw.
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Truly, when I was very young, way back in the Fifties, I believed all of life would be like one long and perfect summer day.
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