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Dolores Claiborne: a Novel Online i8fW7 (Library ebook) Dolores Claiborne: A Novel Online [i8fW7.ebook] Dolores Claiborne: A Novel Pdf Free Stephen King ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #20437 in Books Ingramcontent 2016-05-03 2016-05-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.50 x .90 x 4.13l, .0 Binding: Mass Market Paperback416 pagesDolores Claiborne | File size: 39.Mb Stephen King : Dolores Claiborne: A Novel before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Dolores Claiborne: A Novel: 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not your typical Stephen King NovelBy FreedeezWhile there are some instances of your classic Stephen King type horror, this story really speaks tells the tale of a desperate woman trying to get out from under the thumb of an abusive husband. Dolores is a victim of things she can't necessarily control, and considers violence as a means to stop it. King delivers a tale of conflict between the inherent need to protect oneself and ones children versus committing an act of violence which could end up alienating herself from her family. Read it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Must Read!By Laura G.Gotta say, this was a great read - not full blown horror but an engrossing tale! Stephen King can write as smooth as butter. This could have gone on forever and I would have kept reading it.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. 1000x Better Than the MovieBy JEN A.I love Stephen King and have read all but 4 of his novels. Now that I've caught up with him, I've decided to go back and read the ones I've avoided (because someone said they were bad or the movie was terrible, or just general disinterest). I finished this book in less than three days. I couldn't put it down. He's seriously the master of storytelling, there is no doubt, but even talking through a 66yr-old, female-housekeeper he had me completely riveted. This book made me cry AND gave me the willies.When Hollywood keeps forcing classic remakes down our throats, why don't they ever revisit/reboot movies like THIS -- that were amazing stories, botched from the beginning? I'd love to see a new Dolores Claiborne! Now available for the first time in a mass-market premium paperback editionmdash;master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past...one that tests her own will to survive."Everything I did, I did for love..." When Vera Donovan, one of the wealthiest and most ill-natured residents of Maine's Little Tall Island, dies suddenly in her home, suspicion is immediately cast on her housekeeper and caretaker, Dolores Claiborne. Dolores herself is no stranger to such mistrust, thanks to the local chatter and mysterious circumstances surrounding her abusive husband's death twenty-nine years earlier. But if this is truly to be the day of Dolores Claiborne's reckoning, she has a few things of her own that she'd like to get off her chest...and begins to confess a spirited, intimate, and harrowing tale of the darkest secrest hidden within her hardscrabble existence, revealing above all one woman's unwavering determination to weather the storm of her life with grace and protect the one she loves, no matter what the cost.... .com More of a mystery than a horror novel, Dolores Claiborne contains only the briefest glances at the supernatural. The novel presents Stephen King as a writer experimenting with style and narrative, time and perspective. Fans looking for a skin-crawling, page-turning fright or an undead bloodbath will be disappointed, but a patient reader willing to savor King's leisurely study of character and island life will find many rewards. And all of this is not to say that the book is without suspense. The story unfolds in one continuous chapter, told in the first person by the cranky, 65-year-old housekeeper, Dolores, who is explaining to police officers and a stenographer how and why she killed her husband, Joe, 30 years ago. At the same time, in her rambling monologue, she insists that she did not kill her longtime employer, Vera Donovan--notwithstanding what the residents of Little Tall Island may be whispering. Joe was a drinker, and, as Dolores gradually argues, he deserved to die for the horrifying crimes he committed against his family. But Vera, despite her cantankerous disposition as a lady governing her decaying estate with her precise rules about even the most mundane household chore ("Six pins! Remember to use six pins! Don't you let the wind blow my good sheets down to the corner of the yard!"), was a good woman--or at least not an evil one. She was the woman who hired the young Dolores and kept her on even after Dolores got pregnant again. Dolores cleaned and cared for her even as the old matron faded into senility. Dolores Claiborne is a rich novel that recalls the regionalist writing of the turn of the century. It is a fine place for a skeptical newcomer--put off by King's reputation for outright terror--to start. And for fans, it is a book that offers new insights into an author who's an old favorite. --Patrick O'KelleyFrom Publishers WeeklyKing's portrait of a Maine housekeeper accused of her employer's murder--a nine-week PW bestseller--shows him to be a magnificent storyteller. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalKing again eschews supernatural horror, as he did recently in Gerald's Game , to study the equally monstrous things people can inflict on one another. The story, sparer than much of King's work, is a monolog by the title character, who is suspected of murdering her loutish, insensitive husband and the difficult, rich, and senile woman for whom she has kept house for many years. As Dolores tells her story to the local authorities, the details of a life of drudgery and marital unhappiness emerge, along with the ironic truth behind the deaths. In theme, style, and setting a companion piece to Gerald's Game , this new work is a quietly terrifying tale of desperation, abuse, and revenge that showcases King's talent as a powerful storyteller. Certain to be a best seller, it should appeal to a wide audience. For all popular fiction collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/92.- Eric W. Johnson, Teikyo Post Univ. 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