The accursed
(Book)
Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town, corrupting and infecting its residents. Vampires and ghosts haunt the dreams of the innocent. A powerful curse besets the elite families of Princeton; their daughters begin disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted by a dangerously compelling man-a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just be the devil, and who spreads his curse upon a richly deserving community of white Anglo-Saxon privilege. And in the Pine Barrens that border the town, a lush and terrifying underworld opens up. When the bride's brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, from Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House and retired to town for a quieter life, to soon-to-be commander in chief Woodrow Wilson, president of the university and a complex individual obsessed to the point of madness with his need to retain power; from the young Socialist idealist Upton Sinclair to his charismatic comrade Jack London, and the most famous writer of the era, Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain-all plagued by "accursed" visions.
In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride, and when her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the town's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair.
Notes
Oates, J. C. (2013). The accursed. New York, Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-. 2013. The Accursed. New York, Ecco.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, The Accursed. New York, Ecco, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Oates, Joyce Carol. The Accursed. New York, Ecco, 2013.
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505 | 0 | |a Author's note -- Prologue -- pt. 1. Demon bridegroom -- Ash Wednesday eve, 1905 -- Postscript: "Ash Wednesday eve, 1905" -- Narcissus -- The spectral daughter -- Angel trumpet; or, "Mr. Mayte of Virginia "-- Author's Note: Princeton snobbery -- The unspeakable I -- The burning girl -- Author's Note: The historian's confession -- The spectral wife -- The demon bridegroom -- pt. 2. The curse incarnate -- The duel -- Postscript: The historian's dilemma -- The unspeakable II -- The cruel husband -- The search cont'd -- October 1905 -- "God's creation as viewed from the evolutionary hypothesis" -- The phantom lovers -- The turquoise-marbled book -- The bog kingdom -- Postscript: Archaeopteryx -- The curse incarnate -- pt. 3. "The brain, within its groove..." -- "Voices" -- Bluestocking temptress -- The glass owl -- "Ratiocination our salvation" -- The ochre-runnered sleigh -- "Snake frenzy" -- Postscript: Nature's burden -- "Defeat at Charleston" -- "My precious darling..." -- "A narrow fellow in the grass..." -- Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler's novelty machine -- Quatre face -- "Angel trumpet" elucidated -- "Armageddon" -- pt. 4. The curse exorcised -- Cold spring -- 21 May 1906 -- Lieutenant Bayard by night -- Postscript: On the matter of the "unspeakable" at Princeton -- "Here dwells happiness" -- The nordic soul -- Terra incognita I -- Terra incognita II -- The wheatsheaf enigma I -- The wheatsheaf enigma II -- "Sole living heir of nothingness" -- The temptation of Woodrow Wilson -- Postscript: "The second battle of Princeton" -- Dr. De Sweinitz's prescription -- The curse exorcised -- A game of draughts -- The death of Winslow Slade -- "Revolution is the hour of laughter" -- The Crosswicks miracle -- Epilogue: The covenant. | |
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