{"product_id":"the-lifted-veil-fantasy-and-mary-ann-evans-9781447406044","title":"The Lifted Veil (Fantasy and Horror Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis rare venture into the supernatural by the master of realism, George Eliot, is a devastating psychological horror story that asks: What is the true price of seeing too clearly?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatimer is a man cursed. Afflicted by a severe illness, he awakens with a terrifying and unwanted \"superadded consciousness.\" He can read the thoughts of everyone around him, glimpsing their petty motivations, shallow ambitions, and secret malice. Every social interaction becomes a cacophony of triviality and inner cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis only sanctuary is Bertha Grant, a woman of cool, dazzling beauty whose mind alone remains a baffling enigma to his telepathic power. Desperate for genuine connection, he falls obsessively in love and marries her, convinced she holds the key to his peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Latimer is also haunted by prophetic visions, including a terrifying glimpse of his own future with Bertha. As he struggles against the inevitability of fate and the terror of clairvoyance, he is drawn into a chilling plot of poison and scientific experimentation that threatens to strip away the final, fatal barrier between the living and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Ann Evans,George Eliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447406044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447406044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Mary Ann Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800256590079,"sku":"9781447406044","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lifted-veil-fantasy-and-mary-ann-evans-9781447406044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}