Argues that the descriptions of buildings frequently encountered in Victorian novels offer more than evocative settings for characters and plot; instead, such descriptions signal these novels' self-reflexive consideration of the structure itself.Although Victorian novels often feature lengthy descriptions of the buildings where characters live, work, and pray, we may not always notice the stories these buildings tell. But when we do pay attention, we find these bui...

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home'This powerfully brutal novel is the most exciting thing I've read in years' S. J. WATSON'A strange and beautiful novel' OBSERVER'A wild and darkly exuberant ride of a novel' JEFF VANDERMEEREverything that comes from the ground must go back down… eventuallyMerryn grew up on the wild...