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The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury Classic)
Jeffrey Eugenides
Literary Fiction
The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury Classic)
by Jeffrey Eugenides
· 249 p· 1993
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonhauntingdarkreflectivemysterious
Overview
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The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s. The father, Ronald, is a math teacher at a private school and the mother is a homemaker. The family has five daughters: 13-year-old Cecilia, 14-year-old Lux, 15-year-old Bonnie, 16-year-old Mary, and 17-year-old Therese.
Their lives change dramatically within one summer when Cecilia, a stoic and astute girl described as an "outsider", attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. A few weeks later, the girls throw a cha…
Pages
249
Recorded Books
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Reader feel
Atmospheric Dread
10
Emotional depth
9
Psychological Intensity
9
Prose
8
Narration
8
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
Worldbuilding
3
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20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonhauntingdarkreflectivemysterious
The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s. The father, Ronald, is a math teacher at a private school and the mother is a homemaker. The family has five daughters: 13-year-old Cecilia, 14-year-old Lux, 15-year-old Bonnie, 16-year-old Mary, and 17-year-old Therese.
Their lives change dramatically within one summer when Cecilia, a stoic and astute girl described as an "outsider", attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. A few weeks later, the girls throw a cha…
Pages
249
Recorded Books
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
—
Atmospheric Dread
10
Emotional depth
9
Psychological Intensity
9
Prose
8
Narration
8
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
Worldbuilding
3
My journey
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
Books like The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury Classic)