Alias Grace

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[electronic resource] /

English language

Published June 14, 2003 by RosettaBooks.

ISBN:
978-0-7953-2835-0
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OCLC Number:
53276941

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A fictionalized account of Grace Marks, a maid who murdered her employer and his mistress in Canada in 1843. A stablehand who was her accomplice and who claimed she put him up to it was hung for the crime, while she ended up in a lunatic asylum. The novel analyzes the question: was she actually less guilty, crazy, or smarter?

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reviewed Alias Grace/ Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Not a favorite

The case itself and the way it's been fictionalized was interesting. However, the story staged along and I found myself skipping over parts of it without the feeling of missing something important. Maybe Margaret Atwood is just not for me.

Subjects

  • Romans
  • Murder
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Women murderers
  • Fiction

Places

  • Canada