Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

Alias Grace / Margaret Atwood. - 1st ed. - 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1. Jagged edge -- 2. Rocky road -- 3. Puss in the corner -- 4. Young man's fancy -- 5. Broken dishes -- 6. Secret drawer -- 7. Snake fence -- 8. Fox and geese -- 9. Hearts and gizzards -- 10. Lady of the lake -- 11. Falling timbers -- 12. Solomon's temple -- 13. Pandora's box -- 14. The letter x -- 15. The tree of paradise.

A fictionalized account of Grace Marks, a maid who murdered her employer and his mistress in Canada in 1843. A stablehand who was her accomplice and who claimed she put him up to it was hung for the crime, while she ended up in a lunatic asylum. The novel analyzes the question: was she actually less guilty, crazy, or smarter?

Booker Prize finalist, 1996

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Marks, Grace, 1827- --Fiction.
Marks, Grace, n. 1827 --Romans
Marks, Grace, 1827-
Marks, Grace--Fiction.


Women murderers--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction
FICTION--Crime.
FICTION--Historical.
FICTION--Mystery & Detective--Historical.
Romans.
Murder.
Trials (Murder)
Women murderers.


Canada--Fiction.
Canada.
7.120.


Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

PR9199.3.A8 / A79 1996

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