Trance by Appointment
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2025
UEA Publishing Project (Verlag)
978-1-915812-44-5 (ISBN)
UEA Publishing Project (Verlag)
978-1-915812-44-5 (ISBN)
Trance by Appointment is the story of Jean, an otherwise ordinary working-class London girl with psychic powers. When she falls under the influence of an unscrupulous con man, she is exploited as a money-making machine. Through Jean’s voice, Gertrude Trevelyan’s demonstrates an uncanny insight into the gift and curse of an exceptional power.
Trance by Appointment is the story of Jean, an otherwise ordinary working-class London girl. But Jean has what her mother calls “the Sight.” She sees what no one else can: the future. At first, under the patient guidance of Madame Eva, she learns to control this talent and begins to work as a fortune-teller.
But once Jean falls under the influence of Norman, an unscrupulous astrologer, she is exploited as a money-making machine, driven relentlessly to perform seances for exclusive clients. Norman treats Jean as a dumb animal with a uniquely saleable skill and subjects her to physical and emotional abuse in quest of profits. Telling Jean’s story through her eyes and words, Gertrude Trevelyan’s demonstrates an uncanny insight into the gift and curse of an exceptional power.
Trance by Appointment is the story of Jean, an otherwise ordinary working-class London girl. But Jean has what her mother calls “the Sight.” She sees what no one else can: the future. At first, under the patient guidance of Madame Eva, she learns to control this talent and begins to work as a fortune-teller.
But once Jean falls under the influence of Norman, an unscrupulous astrologer, she is exploited as a money-making machine, driven relentlessly to perform seances for exclusive clients. Norman treats Jean as a dumb animal with a uniquely saleable skill and subjects her to physical and emotional abuse in quest of profits. Telling Jean’s story through her eyes and words, Gertrude Trevelyan’s demonstrates an uncanny insight into the gift and curse of an exceptional power.
Gertrude Eileen Trevelyan was born in Bath in 1903. She came to fame as the first woman to win the Newdigate Prize for best undergraduate poem at Oxford. Starting with Appius and Virginia in 1932, she published eight novels, her last being Trance by Appointment in 1939. Her novels Two Thousand Million Man-Power, William’s Wife, and As It Was in the Beginning have been reissued in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press. Injured when a German bomb struck her flat in October 1940, she died at her parents' home in March 1941.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.06.2025 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Louisa Treger |
| Nachwort | Rebecca Bowler |
| Verlagsort | Norwich |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 261 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| ISBN-10 | 1-915812-44-5 / 1915812445 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-915812-44-5 / 9781915812445 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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