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Plot summary. Eunice is taken on as a housekeeper by a family of four. She has kept her illiteracy a secret and is obsessed with continuing to keep it so. Unknown to her new employers, she has already murdered the father for whom she had been caring, and has falsified her references. Her inability to adapt to her place in society is masked by ...
- Ruth Rendell
- 1977
May 2, 1977 · A Judgement in Stone is considered 1 of the 5 key works. Spoiler Note that this article reveals the first sentence of the book. A Judgement in Stone has been adapted twice as a feature length film. The first adaptation was The Housekeeper in 1986 directed by Ousama Rawi with Rita Tushingham as Eunice Parchman. You can watch the entire movie ...
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A Judgement in Stone is one of Ruth Rendell’s best, if not the best work. The psychological motivations of both the Eunice and the family were expertly portrayed. The in-depth discussion within the story at what Eunice considered a weakness was fascinating. All in all, this is a thought-provoking book that will stay with me for quite a while.
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"A Judgement in Stone" is a gripping psychological thriller written by Ruth Rendell, a renowned crime writer. The novel, first published in 1977, has been widely acclaimed for its intricate plot, well-developed characters, and surprising twists.
Dec 8, 2019 · A Judgment In Stone relies heavily on narrative devices that could easily turn into gimmicks: dramatic irony and foreshadowing. Rendell uses dramatic irony to cast a grim shadow over the lives of the Coverdale family: one of the most effective things about the novel, I thought, is how we read it doubly, as a very ordinary story of a well-to-do English family going about their privileged but ...
A Judgement in Stone is one of Ruth Rendell’s best, if not the best work. The psychological motivations of both the Eunice and the family were expertly portrayed. The in-depth discussion within the story at what Eunice considered a weakness was fascinating. All in all, this is a thought-provoking book that will stay with me for quite a while.
Sep 23, 2009 · Books. A Judgement in Stone. Ruth Rendell. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 23, 2009 - Fiction - 208 pages. What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre? On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes.
