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Beasts (novella)

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Beasts
First edition
AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
Cover artistHenry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCarroll & Graf Publishers
Publication date
29 Nov 2001[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages80
ISBN0-7867-0896-4
OCLC48513006

Beasts is a novella by Joyce Carol Oates and was originally published in 2001.

Plot summary

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Set in an apparently idyllic New England college town in the 1970s, Beasts is the story of Gillian Brauer, a talented young student obsessed with her charismatic anti-establishment English professor Andre Harrow.

Knowing that other girls preceded her does not deter Gillian from being drawn into the decadent world of Professor Harrow and his wife, Dorcas, the outrageous sculptor of primal totems. Gillian soon tumbles into a nightmare of carnal desire and corrupted sexual innocence.

References

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  1. ^ "Edition details". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2011-04-03.