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Title	:	The Uninvited Guests
Author	:	Sadie Jones
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	April 17th 2012 by Knopf Canada (first published 2012)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal

The Uninvited Guests Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor—and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.

Evening turns to stormy night, and a most unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to smithereens: Smudge Torrington, the wayward youngest daughter of the house, decides that this is the perfect moment for her Great Undertaking.

The Uninvited Guests is the bewitching new novel from the critically acclaimed Sadie Jones. The prizewinning author triumphs in this frightening yet delicious drama of dark surprises—where social codes are uprooted and desire daringly trumps propriety—and all is alight with Edwardian wit and opulence.

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Original Title:	The Uninvited Guests
ISBN:	0307402533 (ISBN13: 9780307402530)
Edition Language:	English

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This was a DNF after I got about a quarter of the way through - the characters of Emerald, Clovis and Charlotte were just not grabbing me. They wanted to be a cross between Bright Young Things (slightly down at the heels), Cold Comfort Farm and something more quotidian, but it didn't quite work. Smudge, on the other hand, had promise, as did their home, Sterne. Perhaps if the writing hadn't tried to be quite so clever and there was more a sense of why these people, why this plot, I could have

Was it the glowing pre-release reviews I read that made me feel so dissatisfied with this book? Or is it just that it really isn't a very good book? This is another of those cases where most of the goodreads reviews are gushing and 5 star. I was happy to see that, here and there, tucked away, there were 1, 2 and 3 stars.First of all, the setting--we are told--is 1912. There is very little evidence in the story, however, that it is 1912. Obviously this is a way of life long-gone for all but the

I was surprised that this book received 5 stars from some of the reviewers. Did they read the same book I did? I read the yawn inspiring novel of an English family in a country manor house set in the early 1900's. I think the writing style was supposed to be imitative of the writing style of the time in the book. It's like a stuffed chair that just enfolds you in the softness of it. You just sink into a dazed sleep.I found nothing likable about this book. I didn't like a single character. You

Sometimes you start reading a book and you realize right away that it doesn't fit into any definable genre or type of novel, and it's exhilarating. Similarly, you can be reading a book that at first fits firmly into one style, and then suddenly shifts into something completely different in way that's quite exciting. On the flip side, sometimes these kind of efforts can feel labored or ridiculous, or, as in the case of this book, simply end up feeling kind of a muddle. I knew nothing about this

I loved this book. I loved Jones' writing style, her language, her use of words -- I literally was jubilant while reading, delighted by the multifaceted bounce of her narrative and dialogue. The text of this novel had personality, was a character in this story, and the tale it offered captured me from the first line.Set in 1912 at Sterne, an isolated English country estate, the story focuses on one night with the Torrington family: Charlotte, a 50-ish beauty with a cold demeanor and a loving

I picked up The Uninvited Guests after hearing a positive review on NPR's Fresh Air. The book started out well, feeling like Edward Gorey and Harold Pinter had somehow collaborated on an adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement. Its premise is promising: the Swift family, on the verge of losing their family estate due to financial problems, holds a birthday dinner for the eldest daughter, Emerald. However, a train accident happens nearby, and the railroad company demands to use the Swift's home to

March 15, 2015*****Just saw this is available for $1.99 through BookPerk, and Amazon usually matches those prices. If the below sounds like something you would like, buy quickly!I absolutely adored the first half of this book - the Torrington family has fallen on hard times and the stepfather has been sent forth to try a last ditch effort to save the ancestral home (not HIS, of course) which has housed his wife, stepdaughter and stepson for years. None of them can bear the though of not living