Особняк на болотах

The House on the Marshes

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An advanced Victorian Gothic tale told in a period memoir voice. A Russian governess arrives at a Yorkshire manor with a locked east wing, a pale ward who seats her dolls facing the wall, and a singing that comes off the marshes on November nights. The rules of the Gothic are played straight — but what haunts Marsh Hall is grief that was never allowed to mourn.

Read Особняк на болотах in Russian

Characters

Vera Lanskaya (Вера Николаевна) — The governess, the narrator
Sir Julian Marsh (Сэр Джулиан) — The master of Marsh Hall
Emily (Эмили) — The ward
Eleanor (Элинор) — The lady who sings

Vocabulary from this story

особняк — manor house
поместье — estate
крыло — wing
экипаж — carriage
туман — fog
болото — marsh
вереск — heather
свеча — candle
лестница — staircase
зеркало — mirror
хозяин — master
гувернантка — governess