The Confession
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Description
Mary Roberts Rinehart's Confession opens with a narrator who insists she is not a susceptible woman. She claims she is objective rather than subjective, and that most of her impressions come from within out rather than the other way about. The confession that follows tests that claim, as fear gathers around an isolated house and a few unimportant incidents capable of various interpretations.
Rinehart writes the fear as a real thing, as difficult to describe as it is to dismiss. The novel follows its narrator's slow admission that feeling, not reason, rules her. The book is a psychological mystery, and its interest lies in the gap between the woman's self-portrait and the terror she actually feels.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mary Roberts Rinehart |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 171 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |