Unfashioned creatures : [a Gothic tale of madness, sexual obsession & murderous impulses by McDowell, Lesley, author instant download

Unfashioned creatures : [a Gothic tale of madness, sexual obsession & murderous impulses by McDowell, Lesley, author instant download

1 online resource (pages .), \"\"Monstrously good.\"\"--Louise Welsh. London, 1823. Mary Shelley's real-life friend Isabella Baxter Booth is 'disturbed in her reason' - seeing ghosts and dependent on narcotics to escape a hellish life with an increasingly violent, deranged husband. Fearful of her own murderous impulses towards him, Isabella flees for her childhood home in Scotland, where she meets an ambitious young doctor, Alexander Balfour. He will stop at nothing to establish a reputation as a genius in the emerging science of psychiatry and he believes that Isabella could be the key to his greatness. But as his own, Print version record, Cover; Praise; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; Prologue; Part One: London & Gheel; 1: Richmond, September 1823; 2: Gheel, Antwerp, September 1823; 3: Richmond, September 1823; 4: Gheel, September 1823; 5: Richmond, September 1823; 6: Gheel, September 1823; 7: Richmond, September 1823; 8: Gheel, September 1823; 9: Richmond, September 1823; 10: Gheel, September 1823; 11: Richmond, September 1823; 12: Gheel, September 1823; 13: Richmond, September 1823; Part Two: Broughty Ferry and Montrose; 1: Montrose, early October 1823; 2: Broughty Ferry, early October 1823; 3: Montrose, early October 1823, 4: Broughty Ferry, early October 18235: Montrose, October 1823; 6: Broughty Ferry, October 1823; 7: Montrose, October 1823; Part Three: Montrose; 1: Montrose, October 1823; 2: Montrose asylum, October 1823; 3: Montrose, October 1823; 4: Montrose asylum, October 1823; 5: Montrose, October 1823; 6: Montrose asylum, October 1823; 7: Montrose asylum, October 1823; 8: Montrose asylum, October 1823; 9: Montrose asylum, October 1823; Part Four: London; 1: Holborn, November 1823; 2: Richmond, November 1823; 3: Holborn, November 1823; 4: Richmond, November 1823; 5: Holborn, November 1823, 6: Richmond, November 18237: Holborn, November 1823; 8: Richmond, November 1823; 9: Holborn, November 1823; 10: Richmond, November 1823; 11: Holborn, November…