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The Unforeseen

Virgilia Wilde visits her doctor about strange visions, blaming her imagination. When the visions seem to reveal the future, she fears for her daughter’s safety.

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When Virgilia Wilde begins to suffer from strange visions she visits her local doctor, reporting somberly that her imagination has been playing tricks. What transpires is far more alarming; Virgilia seems to have developed the power of precognition, and with this terrible ability comes fears for the safety of her beloved daughter... The follow-up to the critically acclaimed haunted-house novel The Uninvited is one of the most sharply observed accounts we have of middle-class post-war Dublin.

First published: 1946
Publisher: Tramp Press
Pages: 256
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Horror profile

Scary: 2 out of 5
Creepy: 2 out of 5
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: 2 out of 5
Weird: 2 out of 5

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