The Victorian Chaise Longue

by Marghanita Laski

Book Overview

The charming, childish wife of a successful lawyer, falls asleep one afternoon on her Victorian chaise longue, recently purchased in an antique shop, and awakes in the fetid atmosphere of an ugly,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• ISBN: B0012557HS
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Ballantine Bal-Hi Book
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Interesting & Creative

I thought this book was very creative & interesting...from more than one perspective. The protagonist of the story, Melanie Langdon, falls asleep on the Victorian sofa sometime in the 1950's and she wakes up as Milly Baines in the 1860's. She struggles to get back to the life she had as Melanie Langdon because, not only is it a much better life, but it's the only life she can remember. She has no idea what is going on in her life as Milly Baines...as she can do is piece together pieces of "the puzzle" by listening carefully to what everybody is talking about and trying to figure out who she is. Bits and pieces of both lives (Melanie's & Milly's) seem real and familiar, making it almost impossible for her to distinguish whether she is trying to get back to a dream that doesn't exist or whether she is trying to escape a nightmare that isn't hers.

Interesting, with a surprise ending

The main character of this book, Melanie Langdon, is very sick and must stay in bed for weeks. She chooses to lay on the antique chaise longue, falls asleep, and wakes up in an "ugly room she has never seen before." With horror, she realizes that she is caught in a situation from which there is apparently no escape. The book is a nice read, but the ending is somewhat unsatisfying.