When Vera Donovan, one of the wealthiest and most ill-natured residents of Maine's Little Tall Island, dies suddenly in her home, suspicion is immediately cast on her housekeeper and caretaker, Dolores Claiborne. Dolores herself is no stranger to such mistrust, thanks to the local chatter and mysterious circumstances surrounding her abusive husband's death twenty-nine years earlier/5(K). · Dolores Claiborne: Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt, Christopher Plummer. A big city reporter travels to a small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman for whom she worked as a housekeeper.9/10(K). Dolores Claiborne is not a horror book like Stephen King would typically do. It feels more like a psychological thriller and is more character driven with touches of anxiety, evil and humor thrown in the mix. It's written in 1st person with no chapters or breaks in the book/5.
Although Stephen King first intended to publish Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne as two parts of one novel, the author chose to write them as separate books, connecting the stories in a more abstract way. Due to the length and context of both books King thought it best to publish them as two standalone novels, giving himself room to flesh out the complex narratives in each story. Dolores Claiborne () cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Stephen King a list of 32 titles created 1 month ago Watch list Continued a list of 37 titles created ⓉⓄⓅ Stephen King♚ Movie Adaptations ☠. Dolores Claiborne [King, Stephen] on bltadwin.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dolores Claiborne.
Dolores Claiborne (/ ˈ k l eɪ b ɔːr n /) is a psychological thriller novel by Stephen King. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus, the text is a single continuous narrative, which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. Overview. Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a housekeeper with a long-hidden secret from her past one that tests her own will to survive. When Vera Donovan, one of the wealthiest and most ill-natured residents of Maine's Little Tall Island, dies suddenly in her home, suspicion is immediately cast on her housekeeper and caretaker, Dolores Claiborne. Available Format (s) Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.
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