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London wird von einer schrecklichen Mordserie erschüttert. Ein an Jack the Ripper erinnernder Täter bringt innerhalb nur kurzer Zeit einige Prostituierte um. Gerade als die Hysterie um den mysteriösen Frauenmörder ihren Höhepunkt erreicht, zieht. Der Mieter (OT: The Lodger – A Story of the London Fog oder kurz: The Lodger) ist ein britischer Thriller von Alfred Hitchcock aus dem Jahr Er basiert auf. water-and-life.eu - Kaufen Sie The Lodger günstig ein. Qualifizierte Bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Sie finden Rezensionen und Details zu einer vielseitigen. water-and-life.eu - Kaufen Sie The Lodger/ Der Mieter - Alfred Hitchcock Gold Collection Vol. 4 günstig ein. Qualifizierte Bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. The Lodger ein Film von David Ondaatje mit Alfred Molina, Hope Davis. Inhaltsangabe: West Hollywood: Ein Jack-The-Ripper-Imitator verübt serienweise Morde. Das Drama The Lodger ist ein Remake des gleichnamigen Stummfilms von Alfred Hitchcock aus dem Jahr Der Schrecken von London, Bildquelle: British Film Institute, London. Großbritannien / Great Britain Regie / Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Drehbuch.
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View all 17 comments. A quiet respectable English family takes in a gentleman. The gentleman rents a room in their house upstairs.
He says his name is Sleuth. The ex-butler and his wife, the Buntings, notice Sleuth hasn't any luggage. But the ten sovereigns he gives them for his room, paying in advance in expectation of staying more than a month, silences their tongues.
The Buntings had been literally starving, even if genteely. Their money unexpectedly was running out. However, Ellen Bunting begins to notice Mr.
Sleuth is very eccentric. He seems to be a religious fanatic. He talks in a strange high pitch, often to himself, repeating scriptures about the evil of women.
He sneaks out at midnight every ten days. Oddly, the next day the newspapers are always excited about the discovery of a dead woman, brutally murdered.
Oh oh. Most of the narration is spent inside of Ellen's terror-struck mind as she gamely soldiers on trying to deny to herself what she knows - the lodger is probably a murderer.
If only her husband's daughter Daisy previous marriage would stay away Worse, Joe Chandler, Mr. Bunting's friend, who happens to be a policeman, keeps popping in hoping to see Daisy.
Apparently, Joe is working night and day in the team trying to catch the maniac. Omg, What are they to do? Their reputation will be ruined! What a hoot!
An atmospheric novel written in Non-graphic and off-screen violence, but dense with cute early 20th-century mystery conventions, such as fog and scary museums.
What a dark and fascinating read! Marie Belloc-Lowndes wrote this work in , after living through the Jack the Ripper phenomenon, and she captures the horror and morbid fascination of Londoners with chilling effect as she recounts the bloody crimes -- and the media sensation -- of "The Avenger.
At the start of the novel, their entrepreneurial gamble seems to have failed. The middle-aged couple have pawned all they could and tightened their belts, but starvation is staring them in the face.
The appearance of a young gentleman who wishes to be their lodger seems to be a godsend. The author traces the complex and sympathetic descent of both Buntings as their self-interest wages war against their consciences -- for, although the lodger is all that stands between them and utter financial ruin, and they feel justly loyal and protective of him, Ellen first and later Robert gain good reason to suspect that the young gentleman is "The Avenger.
The changes in the Buntings are believably drawn as the weight of their secrets grows heavy on their shoulders.
The ending is both satisfying and, in the long term, quite disturbing. It's no wonder Alfred Hitchcock who adapted this novel both for radio and film, the first of five filmmakers to do so found inspiration in this haunting story.
A deadly dilemma Mr and Mrs Bunting are becoming desperate. Having left domestic service to run their own lodging house, they've had a run of bad luck and are now down to their last few shillings with no way to earn more unless they can find a lodger for their empty rooms.
So when a gentleman turns up at their door offering to pay a month's rent in advance, they are so relieved they overlook the odd facts that Mr Sleuth has no luggage and asks them not to take up references.
He seems a kindly, A deadly dilemma He seems a kindly, quiet gentleman, if a little eccentric, and the Buntings are happy to meet his occasionally odd requests.
Meantime, London is agog over a series of horrific murders, all of drunken women. Well, what a little gem this one turned out to be!
Written in , it's clearly inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders but with enough changes to make it an original story in its own right.
It's the perspective that makes it so unique — the Buntings are just an ordinary respectable little family struggling to keep their heads above water, who suddenly find themselves wondering if their lodger could possibly be living a double life as The Avenger.
Lowndes does a brilliant job of keeping that question open right up to the end — I honestly couldn't decide.
Like the Buntings, I felt that though his behaviour was deeply suspicious, it was still possible that he was simply what he seemed — an eccentric but harmless loner.
With the constant hysteria being whipped up by the newspapers, were the Buntings and I reading things into his perfectly innocent actions? Of course, I won't tell you the answer to that!
The book isn't simply a question of whether Mr Sleuth is The Avenger or not, though. What Lowndes does so well is show the dilemma in which Mrs Bunting in particular finds herself.
It's not long before she begins to suspect her lodger — his strange habit of taking occasional nocturnal walks, his reading aloud from the Bible when he's in his room alone, always the passages that are less than complimentary about women, the exceptionally weird and suspicious fact that he's a teetotal vegetarian I've always been dubious myself about people who don't like bacon sandwiches Mrs Bunting returned to the kitchen.
Again she lighted the stove; but she felt unnerved, afraid of she knew not what. As she was cooking the cheese, she tried to concentrate her mind on what she was doing, and on the whole she succeeded.
But another part of her mind seemed to be working independently, asking her insistent questions. The place seemed to her alive with alien presences, and once she caught herself listening — which was absurd, for, of course, she could not hope to hear what Mr Sleuth was doing two, if not three, flights upstairs.
She wondered in what the lodger's experiments consisted. It was odd that she had never been able to discover what it was he really did with that big gas-stove.
All she knew was that he used a very high degree of heat. But, on the other hand, there's nothing definite to say he's the killer, and Mrs Bunting rather likes him, and feels sorry for him since he seems so vulnerable somehow.
And, just as importantly, the Buntings rely totally on the rent he pays. Lowndes starts the book with a description of the extreme worry and stress the Buntings have been under over money, which makes their reluctance to report their suspicions so much more understandable.
For what if they go to the police, and it turns out he's innocent? He'll leave, of course, and what will they do then? But what if he's guilty and they do nothing — does that make them guilty too?
It really is brilliantly done — great characterisation and totally credible psychologically. The other aspect Lowndes looks at is the role of the newspapers in whipping up a panic perhaps not undeservedly in this instance , printing lurid details of the horrific murders, and giving out little bits of dodgy information as if they are facts.
The Buntings have a young friend, Joe, who's on the police force, so they get access to more of the truth, though the police are thoroughly baffled.
As the murders mount up, so does the tension, and we see both of the Buntings becoming more and more obsessed with reading every detail of the case, desperately hoping for something that will prove their suspicions wrong.
The story is dark and sinisterly creepy but the gore is all left to the imagination, and the tone is lightened in places by a nice little romance between Joe and Mr Bunting's daughter, Daisy.
It's very well written and Lowndes, like so many writers of that era, has made great use of the notorious London fogs to provide cover for dark and dastardly deeds.
One where I really did spend the entire time wondering what I would have done, and fearing for the poor Buntings — no wonder Hitchcock used this as the basis for his first big success back in the silent movie era.
But will the movie live up to the book? I'll find out soon View all 3 comments. This is a free Kindle ebook, written around It's not a horror novel, by today's standards, but it is a fascinating observation about morals and class differences in that time period.
It made me think more carefully about what people are willing to do or not do to be comfortable in life. It's a bit slow paced but I thought it was worth the time.
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. She manages to accomplish by not telling all, and letting the reader make their own conclusions about several key plot elements.
Lowndes uses a slowly evolving, subtle mystery with clues along the way. With a Jack the Ripper-like killer on the loose, confusing and befuddling the authorities and leaving cryptic messages near the victims, an uneasy feeling resides in London.
In The Lodger, the atmosphere is established from the get go—with a murderer on the loose, is it safe to go out at night? Can the authorities outwit him?
There are many elements that add to the dimension of suspense: foggy and bleak London, a mysterious lodger who resides with the Buntings, a tense inquest, a visit to the Museum of Horrors.
At the center of the novel are the Buntings, a couple who, down on their luck, decide to let a room to a rather eccentric and odd lodger, Mr.
We see the story from mostly the Buntings point of view, and as more fall victim in London, there is a sense that this killer named The Avenger is too smart for all.
Bunting has a sort of morbid fascination with the case, and one of the men who is part of the investigation, Mr. Chandler, stops by to give Mr.
Bunting updates on their findings. On the other side is Mrs. Bunting, who internalizes her shocking thoughts about who the killer may be.
Great, intense psychological thriller. One that really works and build to a solid finish. May 04, Tweety rated it really liked it Shelves: england , reviewed , edwardian , thriller , asylums.
The foggy nights, eccentric lodger and multiple murders kept me reading, wondering, suspecting and gnawing my fingernails, and all that without any knowledge of how the murders were done.
Because this book doesn't tell you any details about the murders. We don't even know what the weapon was like, only that it was a funny looking knife.
I still enjoyed the whole thing, yes, I wish that author had told us what it was like inside the Wax Museum. But I can still say I enjoyed it and would read more by this author.
G rating The Buntings are a middle aged couple who run a boarding house in London and have fallen on hard times. One foggy evening there is a knock on their door.
Mr Sleuth is looking for a room to rent and seems like the answer to their prayers A sinister air pervades this tautly written atmospheric novel.
All the characters, particularly Mrs Bunting are well written. Well worth a look at. Sep 28, Bettie rated it really liked it Shelves: britain-england , mystery-thriller , eng-lon , underratings , look-behind-you , winter , serial-killer , published Description: Somewhere in London a madman was at large.
Full film Description: Somewhere in London a madman was at large. Full film Who can resist a good Jack the Ripper story? Or technically Ripperesque as the case may be here.
The Lodger is considered something of a classic and I'm sure I've seen a film adaptation at some point, seemed like a book worth a read.
And so it was, I didn't love it, but it was interesting. Sort of like a dated Ruth Rendell story style wise set during a reign of a homicidal Ripperlike though more prolific maniac in London with a married couple of former servants taking in a lodger due to their Who can resist a good Jack the Ripper story?
Sort of like a dated Ruth Rendell story style wise set during a reign of a homicidal Ripperlike though more prolific maniac in London with a married couple of former servants taking in a lodger due to their impecunious circumstances and then slowly getting clued in that maybe the quiet gentleman upstairs isn't quite what he seems.
Despite the lack of likeable characters, the suspense was well maintained, with Mrs. For fans of psychological horror this is certainly worth the three hours of effort.
Very strong ending shows a significant amount of talent in the genre, the author was quite prolific and this is her most famous book. View all 6 comments.
I've always liked Alfred Hitchcock's silent film of The Lodger, so I thought it was time to read the novel on which it was based.
This is one of those occasions when the film is far better than the book. A very slow-paced, atmospheric tale of human observation, and loyalty.
This was an old-fashioned novel in which the tension built up gradually, yet insistently. I found it a very enjoyable read, although was somewhat disappointed at the predictability of the plot.
I have to thank my friend Leah who recommended this book. The novel is mystery and psychological thriller, written by Marie Belloc and the story is turned into Hitchcock directed silent film "The Lodger".
Since I liked Hitchcock movies, I bought this kindle edition. The story is Mr. Bunting and his wife Ellen have a lodge and they are in a desperate need of money to survive.
The arrival of Mr. Sleuth as a lodger first appears to be a blessing for the Buntings but later it turns out to be a curse b I have to thank my friend Leah who recommended this book.
Sleuth as a lodger first appears to be a blessing for the Buntings but later it turns out to be a curse because series of murders occur as intoxicated women are killed by a lanky man carrying a brown bag.
The description of the murderer makes Mrs. Bunting to consider that the lodger should be the serial killer. As the days roll by, Mr.
Bunting also comes to the conclusion that their eccentric lodger is the murderer. Is their opinion right? Or the arrival of Mr.
Sleuth and murders are just a coincidence? A superb psychological thriller the author narration conveys our own thoughts, especially Mrs.
Bunting, a woman who is very clear headed and having a good memory. There are less number of characters in the novel, recurring characters are Mrs.
Bunting, the Lodger, Mr. Apart from the main story each character have their own problems and conflicts. Of all these characters the Lodger and Mrs.
Bunting captured my attention. At the end I felt pity for them, the sleep deprived Mrs. Buntings, her contemplation, her inability to share her thoughts are worth mentioning, the highlight is that her attentive observation on her lodger from his sneaking out from his room in mid night and return.
The author has used a powerful statement to show how pathetic her condition is, "She lay thinking and listening —listening and thinking".
I liked to quote one line from the novel: "Any ordeal is far less terrifying far easier to meet with courage, when it is repeated, that is even a milder experience which is entirely novel".
Highly recommended for those who like mystery thrillers. After reading this it is best to watch Hitchcock's version of "The Lodger".
Feb 27, DeAnna Knippling rated it it was amazing. A lodger comes to stay at a desperate lodging house just as a serial killer, not Jack the Ripper but close, starts his reign of terror.
I liked this quite a bit. The coolest part for me was that, for most of the book, no other setting than the lodging house itself is developed.
Another short one. Interestingly intriguing. Enjoyed it. Apr 14, Anita Rodgers rated it it was ok. I found this story, confusing and disorganized.
Especially in the beginning it was difficult to determine who was narrating and the viewpoint seemed to shift at random.
There was also a great lack of setting, so mostly you were just in the character's thoughts - which left me muttering, 'what is happening in this story?
The twist at the end was a disappointment. Overall, not a good story, and I wouldn't recommend. Jan 03, Donna Maguire rated it really liked it Shelves: reviews-to-be-completed , books-read , crime-mystery-suspense , kindle-read , psychological-thriller-horror , crafts-cooking-gardening.
Review to follow! Apr 13, Nicole Sweeney rated it liked it. Review originally posted on The Bibliophile Chronicles.
The Lodger is a short novella by C. Taylor available to those subscribed to the C. Taylor Book Club. The story follows a young woman struggling with the death of her partner.
When a friend is looking for a place to stay she allows him to room with her, but will that put them in danger?
Full of suspense, this short story has everything I love about C. Taylor's writing. It was really short and I would have loved for it to be a bit lon Review originally posted on The Bibliophile Chronicles.
It was really short and I would have loved for it to be a bit longer, to get to know the characters a bit more and understand what was going on.
There was still a surprising twist that I didn't see coming, and it was an enjoyable read. If you're a fan of C. Taylor's reading this is the perfect quick read to tide you over until her next release.
Mar 09, Jodie whatjodiereads rated it liked it. I would love to know more about this story. I would love to get to know the characters better and can see this being a really great thriller!
However, it is written by C. Taylor which automatically made me like it. Taylor has a great writing style and her books are always guaranteed to hook you.
Jun 12, Claire Bailey rated it did not like it. Hardly enough time to develop a relationship with the characters or a true sense of storyline.
That said, it was well written and it kept me quiet for an hour. Apr 13, Lauren rated it it was amazing Shelves: ebooks , read-in , thriller-fiction.
Another great story by C. I wish it was longer as the ending stopped abruptly but I think that was the point.
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Return to Book Page. The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes ,. Lorna Raver Narrator. Somewhere in London a madman was at large. And then one night there came a knock at the door of a quiet lodging house in the Marylebone Road.
This novel, based on the Jack the Ripper murders, was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages.
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More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Lodger. I trusted you, Mrs. Bunting, and you betrayed me!
But I am protected by a higher power, for I still have much to do. Your feet shall go down to death, and your steps take hold on hell.
Bunting are on the verge of tightening their belts further than they have ever been tightened before when a knock comes at the door.
It is a man, nay a gentleman, looking for lodging. It has all the nuances of a higher power providing a timely intervention. He has a pile of gold sovereigns and wants to pay for his lodging a month in advance.
His name is Sleuth, but generally he is thought of and referred to by the Buntings as The Lodger. Bunting are both from domestic service and had retired to purchase this house in London and rent out lodging.
Bunting makes himself available as extra help for birthday parties etc. Even those opportunities have been too few to keep them solvent. The Lodger has given them at least temporary respite from the necessity of giving up their dream and going back into domestic service.
A lady, well not a gentle lady, but a woman of ill repute has been found slashed to death. Bunting had been denying himself the newspaper, but with this new windfall he can devour them once again giving him much missed edification and exhilaration bordering on arousal.
More women are found dead, horribly disfigured, and the city trembles. These atrocities etch words of fear into every conversation.
The Lodger borrows a Bible. He reads this Bible out loud, but he is not reading passages that would offer comfort.
His voice rings out with vengeance. The Lodger is He nearly goes into hysterics every time there is a knock at the door. He stays in all day muttering over his Bible and only goes out at night.
The fascinating part of the book for me was that Mr. Bunting and Mrs. Bunting each were gathering droplets of information about their lodger that they were afraid to share with the other.
They had been so close to disaster they were unwilling to give up the very providence that kept them from the brink of ruination.
It was the first time she had told a bold and deliberate lie. She was one of those women--there are many, many such--to whom there is a whole world of difference between the suppression of the truth and the utterance of an untruth.
As a mound of circumstantial evidence begins to accumulate in the minds of the Buntings each new revelation makes it more and more clear that their angel of providence might prove to be a devil in disguise.
Alfred Hitchcock made a silent film about the The Lodger. Lowndes is the sister of the prolific and celebrated writer Hilaire Belloc. Like her brother she also published several books a year.
The Lodger is considered her masterpiece and obviously the film industry agrees. I was completely caught up in the events of this book.
Lowndes has a deft hand in how she reveals information. I found myself constantly reevaluating what I knew and was frequently baffled about what I really wanted to have happen.
Highly recommended for those who have a desire to read some well written, creepy, Victorian horror. View all 44 comments. Shelves: reviewed , suspense , mystery-british , fell-in-love-with-the-cover , hitch-hitchey-or-hitch-ish , classics , historical-fiction , ripper.
There have been many theories about who Jack the Ripper was All visiting London during the Ripper murders Ellen and Robert Bunting have fallen on hard times.
After spending years in "service"- they sunk their life savings on a house and furnishings. They had hoped to rent out rooms to make a nice living in their old age, but now are within weeks of losing everything.
One night a stranger comes to the Bunting home looking for lodgings. His name -"Mr. Sleuth", and Ellen in particular takes to him.
He seems a bit eccentric, but he pays her in advance- takes two rooms and settles in for the long haul. The Buntings breathe a sigh of relief and start to relax into their new good fortune The arrival of Mr Sleuth coincides with crimes happening in the area.
The London newspapers have been covering the story of a group of murders. The victims- women. The killer- a man calling himself- "The Avenger".
With a slow building horror, Ellen Bunting realizes that her upstairs lodger could be the mysterious killer, and eventually- her husband Robert Bunting is having that feeling too.
The Lodger is a story of psychological suspense as two people are faced with the sickening possibility that they may be harboring a murderer.
The pace is very slow. There is no gore, but what it is View all 33 comments. Shelves: classics , mystery-crime , suspense , , lit-brits , psycho-mental , reviewed.
A lost quality in modern psychological suspense - the key word is subtlety. An intriguing look at the infamous Jack The Ripper case told through the eyes of his landlady Mrs.
Bunting, an impoverished women with her back to the wall. Marie Lowndes resists spelling out the obvious, instead tension is provided by a f A lost quality in modern psychological suspense - the key word is subtlety.
Marie Lowndes resists spelling out the obvious, instead tension is provided by a feeling of dread as Mrs.
As they enter into an unspoken collusion Mrs. Bunting's feelings for her lodger seesaw between revulsion and attraction. The rushed conclusion though, it did disappoint Sleuth - poor unhappy, distraught Mr.
View all 39 comments. Jan 06, Bren rated it really liked it Shelves: literary-fiction , childhood-or-young-adult-years , suspense , historical , read-and-reviewed , dark-and-heavy , gothic , historical-mystery , started-it-realized-had-read , mystery.
It happens. At first things are fine. But the re is a serial killer running around and to the deepening horror of the couple they ever so slowly start to suspect it may in fact be their lodger.
If you like slow moving dark, Gothic stories that unfold with an ever slowly heightening feeling of doom, you will like the Lodger. Highly recommended.
View 2 comments. Nov 19, Lars Jerlach rated it it was amazing. In Marie Belloc Lowndes brilliant novel the reader is introduced to Mr.
Bunting, a middle-aged couple, both previously from domestic service who have retired to run a lodging house. When we meet them they are in severe financial trouble and on the verge of giving up hope of ever renting out their rooms when a gentleman one evening, and in timely fashion knocks on their door looking for lodging.
From the onset The Lodger, tall and gaunt and dressed in black is revealing a series of particular habits. Bunting from the brink of starvation. The Lodger borrows a bible from the Buntings and begins to read aloud in his room especially violent passages about vengeance.
In fact he seems to be especially revolted by the lowly acts of loose women, that he attempts to purge himself from through the repeated readings of the Gospels.
He also immediately turns a series of framed lithographs of innocent young women against the wall of his new room, and he conducts strange unexplained experiments in one of the top floor rooms, both strange actions that initially disturbs his landlady, but that she early on dismisses as nothing but a gentleman's peculiarities.
However these rather benign acts instantly cast an eerie shadow over the following narrative, and clings to The Lodger like a second layer of skin, making every single action circumspect.
Before the appearance of The Lodger a woman of ill repute has been found brutally murdered and Mr. Bunting with his friend, a young policeman Mr.
Chandler exhilarated and obsessively discuss the case as more women are found dead, sometimes slashed beyond recognition.
Only under the cover of darkness and when the city is enveloped in heavy fog does he leave his lodgings to go on his enigmatic wanderings to do whatever it is he does.
The most fascinating part of the book, besides the exquisite writing and the anxious tonality of the narrative, is the realization that Mr. Bunting each know that they might be harboring a killer and that they independently and collectively are unwilling to let go of the fortunate stroke of serendipity that has saved them from hunger and potentially from the poorhouse.
The underlying knowledge of their circumstance is what drives this creepily eerie story forward, and even as the implicative evidence accumulates, and it becomes more and more clear to the Buntings that their savior might also prove to be the very thing they fear the most, they are incapable of the action that would release them from their terrifying constrain.
It is a fabulously written and marvelously engrossing novel that has stood the test of time perfectly, and if you are fan of Victorian mystery and general eeriness this is a true gem.
Jul 09, Peter rated it it was amazing Shelves: horror. Gosh, absolutely eerie. Compelling and disturbing read. Highly recommended! Rating Clarification: 3.
Surely Lowndes stored up many impressions of that time, and used them to craft this subtle tale that has since been adapted several times to screen.
As a modern reader, I have certainly read more suspenseful and gruesome novels, but taken in context with the time period it was written, the Rating Clarification: 3.
As a modern reader, I have certainly read more suspenseful and gruesome novels, but taken in context with the time period it was written, the effect of Lowndes story can't be underestimated, IMO.
Rather, this story is more of a psychological character study. The first chapter of Lowndes novel presents the reader with a couple living at the edge of an abyss.
Robert and Ellen Bunting are middle aged, lower middle class, and broke. They have sold almost everything they own in an attempt to survive, but face almost immediate starvation and homelessness within a few short weeks.
Formerly of the servant class, the Buntings are upright, hard-working and decent people down on their luck, and Lowndes' writing makes the reader feel the deprivation and fear that accompanies the Buntings' at this time in their lives.
The couple have nothing left except an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. So when a mysterious young man a "true gentleman" in Mrs.
Bunting's words knocks on their door one day seeking lodging, it's like the answer to a prayer. The lodger, Mr. Sleuth, is admittedly strange, but his mound of gold sovereigns and the promise of a huge monthly rental payment and no more starvation throws him in a kinder light then he might otherwise have been perceived by a more discerning couple.
As the days and weeks go by, Ellen Bunting in particular goes through a series of feelings for her lodger: curiosity, protectiveness, and a slow-simmering fear.
Fear because the city of London is experiencing a wave of violent murders the likes of which haven't been seen in recent history.
Little by little, Ellen has reason to suspect that her lodger might be more then he appears. After a long time, Robert Bunting begins to sense the same, although each keeps their growing suspicions to themselves.
But can their fear of his possible dark deeds override their fear of being penniless, homeless and hopeless again?
Do they have a duty to protect the city from further attacks, or is their duty to themselves and their wellbeing?
How far will they go to keep from falling back into the abyss? And perhaps most important of all, are their fears and suspicions grounded in truth, or merely the result of an active imagination spurred on by a sensational press?
That's the real dark beauty of this novel, and what makes it such an intriguing character study and morality tale. View all 5 comments. Set in a late nineteenth century foggy London, this dark psychological thriller slowly builds up clues like an Agatha Christie novel to identify the serial killer who signs his name The Avenger.
This haunting tale begins when the Bunting's, a strange couple to say the least, take in a much needed lodger Mr.
Sleuth for rent they so desperately need to survive. As the story progresses, the Buntings continue to ignore their suspicions of the lodger despite his mysterious experiments, late night Set in a late nineteenth century foggy London, this dark psychological thriller slowly builds up clues like an Agatha Christie novel to identify the serial killer who signs his name The Avenger.
As the story progresses, the Buntings continue to ignore their suspicions of the lodger despite his mysterious experiments, late night walks and gruesome bible quotations.
As it turns out, we find view spoiler [Mr. Sleuth is indeed a criminal and religious maniac who escaped from a lunatic asylum. Written in , a great old eerie tale!
View all 4 comments. The Lodger has long been one of my favorite novels; reading it again a second time proved no less suspenseful than it did the first time through.
Marie Belloc Lowndes based her novel very loosely on the story of Jack the Ripper, and the novel is set in London at a time when a series of horrific murders blamed on a person known only as "The Avenger" is the big news on the streets.
At the same time, the story is not really about these murders; it is actually the story of a husband and wife who fin The Lodger has long been one of my favorite novels; reading it again a second time proved no less suspenseful than it did the first time through.
At the same time, the story is not really about these murders; it is actually the story of a husband and wife who find themselves in dire financial straits and who are quite literally pulled back from the edge of starvation and ruin when a gentleman takes a room in their home.
The lack of tension,humor and drama only are compensated by your drive to solve the mystery. And the hope that the director succeeded in fooling us in creating one big surprise at the end.
But when the credits start to roll you can't shake the feeling that you wasted your time. Looking for something to watch? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.
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Goofs The hand of the first victim moves. Quotes [ first lines ] Old Cockney Man : [ reading poster ] "Murders being committed in our midst.
Police inadequate. We intend offering a substantial reward to anyone, citizen or otherwise, who shall give information bringing the murderer or murderers to justice.
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