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An edition of The Bridesmaid (1695)

The bridesmaid

Mysterious Press ed.

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Philip Wardman's ideal of beauty is a statue of a minor Greek goddess, Flora, which stands in his widowed mother's garden. When he meets the living incarnation of the statue, a lovely, ethereal actress named Senta Pelham, he begins an affair with her. Unlike Philip, who has a neurotic fear of violence and death, Senta is fascinated with death and her distain for humanity leads her to propse an evil game for Philip to prove his love.

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Mysterious Press
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English
Pages
294

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Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, England, fiction, Large type books, English fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Psychological fiction, New York Times reviewed, Femmes fatales, Sex addiction, Women murderers, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Crime, fiction, Fiction, psychological
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Cover of: Podruzhka nevesty
Podruzhka nevesty
2005, E KSMO
in Russian
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The bridesmaid
1994, Arrow
in English
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Cover of: La demoiselle d'honneur
La demoiselle d'honneur
March 1, 1992, LGF
Mass Market Paperback in French
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La demoiselle d'honneur: roman
1991, Calmann-Lévy
in French
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The bridesmaid
1990, Mysterious Press
in English - Mysterious Press ed.
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Die Brautjungfer: Roman
1990, Blanvalet
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The bridesmaid
1989, Hutchinson
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The bridesmaid
1989, Mysterious Press
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The bridesmaid
1989, Thorndike Press
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"Originally published in hardcover by The Mysterious Press. First Mysterious Press Paperback Printing: July, 1990"--Title page verso.

Copyright Date
1989

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Library of Congress
PR6068.E63 B75 1990

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Pagination
294 pages ;
Number of pages
294

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Open Library
OL26330302M
Internet Archive
bridesmaid00ruth
ISBN 10
0445409126
ISBN 13
9780445409125
OCLC/WorldCat
21994712

Work Description

When Philip Wardman's feminine ideal, a Greek goddess, appears in the flesh as Senta Pelham, Philip thinks he has found true love. But darker forces are at work, and Senta is led to propose that Philip prove his love by committing murder.

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