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1. • • "'Black Narcissus... bears comparison with A Passage to India' Arthur Koestler; 'A very remarkable novel indeed. One in a thousand' Observer; 'The writing is lovely, subtle, gentle, humorous and apprehensive' Hugh Walpole; 'A genius for storytelling' Evening Standard"
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   Is Black Narcissus a good book?

   • Recently republished by the Virago Press Black Narcissus is well worth discovering in novel form, especially if you are yet to fall for the celluloid magic of Powell & Pressburger. “There’s something in this place. I don’t trust myself here.”Writing is very personal, and sometimes I just don’t connect with a writing style.

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   • She was an acclaimed bestselling mid-twentieth century author, nine of whose books were adapted to major films. Her first novel, Black Narcissus, was published in 1939 to critical acclaim, and like most all the major novels that came after, was a bestseller. The story is set in a cloister high in the Himalayas.

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   What is Black Narcissus about?

   • Black Narcissus is set in the Himalayas above Darjeeling. Five nuns have been sent as an outpost for their Anglican order to start a school, dispensary and a place to do good work among the people who live near what was once a harem, of all things.

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   Who wrote Black Narcissus?

   • Published in 1939, Black Narcissus was the third novel and first bestseller by Rumer Godden. Godden was the daughter of an English shipping executive stationed in pre-Partition India, and lived there as both child and adult; she wrote often of the temperamental, aesthetic and spiritual clashes engendered by British colonialism.

   Black Narcissus (2020) review: a successful rethink | Sight and Sound - BFI

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   Is Black Narcissus a must-read?

   • Black Narcissus has been on my TBR for a few years, but only ended up higher on the must-read list when the latest tv adaptation was released last (?) year.I have not watched it, yet, because I wanted to read the book first.

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   When was Black Narcissus published?

   • This is evident in her ability to capture the atmosphere of place. In the 1950s she became interested in the Catholic Church but didn't convert until 1968. Black Narcissus was published long before, in 1939. In this novel she captures the human reality of religious life.The narration of the audiobook is by Jilly Bond.

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   The seductive Dr. Fortunati of the Nun's Story becomes the British agent, Mr. Dean, in the Black Narcissus. If you like nun's stories with plenty of sexual tension, a tragic death, and natives who don't live up to expectations then both these books (and films) are very good.

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   Nov 18, 2020 · Spicing the story up. The sexual themes are understated in the novel but when Powell read it, he felt “the story, so coolly told in excellent prose, would be wildly exotic and erotic on the...

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   Dec 25, 2020 · Black Narcissus successfully rethinks a classic novel and film. Gemma Arterton stars as one of a group of missionary nuns subject to various tests of faith in a Himalayan outpost in this striking BBC mini-series.

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   Black Narcissus is the third novel by English writer Rumer Godden and was published in 1939. [1] . It was adapted into a 1947 film Black Narcissus. Plot summary. A group of English nuns travel to Mopu [a] (near Darjeeling) to set up a convent school. [4] .

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   Mar 2, 2015 · A 1939 review of Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden, the story of Anglican sisters who establish a school and hospital in the mountains near Darjeeling.

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   Dec 18, 2021 · Black Narcissus, published in 1939, is one of Godden’s best known books, made into a successful Powell and Pressburger film in 1947 and adapted again for television by the BBC in 2020. It tells the story of a group of Anglican nuns who set out to establish a new convent in an abandoned palace in Mopu, high in the Himalayas.

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    Feb 7, 2013 · A remarkable novel. One in a thousand - Observer. Like Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca or Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, Black Narcissus is one of those rare novels that combines huge popular appeal with emotional subtlety and literary skill - Anne Chisholm.