{"product_id":"bewitched-9781528710688","title":"Bewitched","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Southern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the desolate quiet of the New England mountains, the supernatural is nothing compared to the power of human desire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLichen, a farmer in a remote corner of the Berkshires, is a man tormented. His aging, sickly wife, Mrs. Rutledge, believes she's being poisoned by a phantom rival: a dead woman named Ora.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut the phantom is all too real.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLichen has fallen into a terrifying, consuming passion with the alluring ghost of his deceased neighbor, Ora Brand. Every night, he leaves the bedside of his living, suffering wife to keep a secret, spectral rendezvous on the frozen mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Mrs. Rutledge's health fades and the neighbors whisper about witchcraft, the local lawyer, Saul Rutledge, is drawn into the mystery. He discovers that the real horror isn't the supernatural haunting, but the emotional truth behind it: \u003cstrong\u003ea desperate man, a dying woman, and a love that exists only in the mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdith Wharton delivers a masterful study in atmosphere and psychological horror, turning the classic ghost story into a bleak and devastating examination of isolation, guilt, and the dark landscape of rural despair. This is a haunting tale where the human heart proves far more cruel than any spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46458214088855,"sku":"9781528710688","price":1088.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781528710688.webp?v=1769184735","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bewitched-9781528710688","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}