The Demon Lover (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Bowen
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1941
- Setting: London during the blitz
- Principal Characters: Kathleen Drover
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Horror literature
- Subjects: Love or romance, Supernatural, War, Death or dying, Horror
- Locales: London, England
The Story
A prosaic and dependable woman in her early forties, Kathleen Drover returns to her home in the Kensington area of London one afternoon to retrieve articles for herself and her family, who have taken refuge in the country from the blitz. As she enters the deserted street, a feeling of familiarity and strangeness overwhelms her. The German rockets have taken their toll on the street, on the square in which it is situated, on the house, and, the reader soon learns, on Kathleen herself.
She opens the door of the closed house and is immediately aware of the dead...
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