The Lodger, Marie Belloc Lowndes
The Lodger, Marie Belloc Lowndes
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The Lodger
A Tale of the London Fog

Author: Marie Belloc Lowndes

Narrator: Lorna Raver

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

An elderly couple living in Victorian London had been struggling financially, until an eccentric gentleman answered their ad for a lodger. But as women begin dying at the hands of a serial killer, they start to suspect something too horrific for words.

About Marie Belloc Lowndes

Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947) was a prolific English novelist and the sister of the celebrated writer Hilaire Belloc. Her most famous novel, The Lodger, based on the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, was an immediate bestseller and became the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s first talking motion picture.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Delee on June 13, 2019

There have been many theories about who Jack the Ripper was... There was The Royal Conspiracy Theory The Jack Was A Jill Theory The Crazy Doctor With A Big Mustache Theory Or the theory that Marie Belloc Lownde's novel is based on- The Lodger Theory Belloc Lowndes is supposed to have gotten the idea for h......more

Goodreads review by Florence (Lefty) on January 13, 2014

A lost quality in modern psychological suspense - the key word is subtlety. An intriguing look at the infamous Jack The Ripper case told through the eyes of his landlady Mrs. Bunting, an impoverished women with her back to the wall. I won’t mislead, not much happens, zero gore. It’s a character stud......more

Goodreads review by Peter on July 09, 2018

Gosh, absolutely eerie. Compelling and disturbing read. Highly recommended!......more

Goodreads review by Lars on November 21, 2018

In Marie Belloc Lowndes brilliant novel the reader is introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, a middle-aged couple, both previously from domestic service who have retired to run a lodging house. When we meet them they are in severe financial trouble and on the verge of giving up hope of ever renting out......more

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