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The year of 1816 felt extraordinary, and all because of a strange sort of star in the sky ... Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Early one summer's morning, a servant boy named Felix delivers an invitation. Tonight, at the mysterious Ville Diodati, there will be ghost stories that promies to 'freeze the blood'. As darkness falls, the guests arrive. The storytelling begins. Then comes an unexpected knock at the door. Felix discovers a girl on the doorstep. She's travelled a long way to tell her tale, and now he must listen. But be warned: hers is no ordinary ghost story. Sometimes the truth is far more terrifying.
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Juvenile fiction, Household employees, Adoption, Storytelling, History, Children's fiction, Ghosts, fiction, Horror storiesPeople
George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), Claire Clairmont (1798-1879), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)Places
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One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge each other to tell ghost stories that will freeze the blood. But one of the guests Mary Shelley is stuck for a story to share. Then there s an unexpected knock at the front door. Collapsed on the doorstep is a girl with strange scars on her face. She has traveled a long way with her own tale to tell, and now they all must listen.
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