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The Callender papers

Cynthia Voigt

1983182 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1983
first published
  • 1983Atheneum · 214 pages · ENGISBN 9780689309717
  • 1989Lions · 220 pages · ENGISBN 9780006729839
  • 1993Fawcett Juniper · 182 pagesISBN 9780449701843
  • 2000Aladdin Paperbacks · 261 pages · ENGISBN 9780689832833

In nineteenth-century Massachusetts, orphan Jean, employed to sort out the family papers of a reclusive artist, becomes curious about the mysterious, long-ago death of his wife and the subsequent disappearance of their young child.

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AtmosphereWhimsicalNoir

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Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

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