Victorian Psycho
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito is a novel published by HarperCollins Publishers Limited on February 13, 2025. This edition features 208 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Winifred Notty, who arrives at Ensor House with the intention of being the ideal Victorian governess. As she navigates the peculiar dynamics of the Pounds family and their unsettling behaviors, Winifred finds it increasingly difficult to maintain her facade, leading to a blend of dark humor and gothic elements.
Readers will encounter a narrative that intertwines horror and literary fiction, exploring themes of madness and societal expectations. Winifred’s journey is marked by her sardonic wit and a descent into her chilling imagination, particularly as Christmas approaches. The book delves into the absurdities of her role and the bizarre happenings within the estate, offering a unique take on the gothic genre infused with black humor.
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‘Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny’ CATRIONA WARD
‘Weird and wonderful’ LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN
Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer Winifred spends within the estate’s dreary confines and the more she learns of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family, the more trouble she has sticking to her plan.
Whether creeping across the moonlit lawns in her undergarments or gently tormenting the house staff, Winifred struggles at every turn to stifle the horrid compulsions of her past until her chillingly dark imagination breaches the feeble boundary of reality on Christmas morning. Wielding her signature sardonic wit and a penchant for the gorgeously macabre, Virginia Feito returns with a vengeance in Victorian Psycho.
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