03610cam a2200361 4500 579965150 TxAuBib 20220715120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385366724 0385366728 3e712dd7-86b4-4b7c-932f-d301ef9f9900 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 982327 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Oates, Joyce Carol. The Accursed [OverDrive]. Books on Tape, 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 629MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 629MB. Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML:<p>A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" (<i>The Nation</i>)--an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power, and loss in early-twentieth-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned<br /> Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town, corrupting and infecting its residents. Vampires and ghosts haunt the dreams of the innocent. A powerful curse besets the elite families of Princeton; their daughters begin disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted by a dangerously compelling man--a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just be the devil, and who spreads his curse upon a richly deserving community of white Anglo-Saxon privilege. And in the Pine Barrens that border the town, a lush and terrifying underworld opens up.<br /> <br /> When the bride's brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, from Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House and retired to town for a quieter life, to soon-to-be commander in chief Woodrow Wilson, president of the university and a complex individual obsessed to the point of madness with his need to retain power; from the young Socialist idealist Upton Sinclair to his charismatic comrade Jack London, and the most famous writer of the era, Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain--all plagued by "accursed" visions.<br /> <br /> An utterly fresh work from Oates, <i>The Accursed</i> marks new territory for the masterful writer. Narrated with her unmistakable psychological insight, it combines beautifully transporting historical detail with chilling supernatural elements to stunning effect.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-14 20:00:03. Gardner, Grover. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/982327-TheAccursed.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/982327-TheAccursed.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E712DD7-86B4-4B7C-932F-D301EF9F9900&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/982327-TheAccursed.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/982327-TheAccursed.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3E712DD7-86B4-4B7C-932F-D301EF9F9900&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)