The Abyss

The Abyss

Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar

Location(s): Bruges

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Medieval

Marguerite Yourcenar instantly assumes command of our imagination in her novel The Abyss. Almost before we know it the author establishes a scene and time, and engages us in the fate of two cousins.

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