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The Operation
Isobel Violet Hunt (1862-1942) was a British author of short stories, novels, memoir and biography. She is most famous for her supernatural fiction.
The Operation is a short novella which tells a very odd story. The second wife of the famous dwarf comedy actor, Joseph Mardell, learns that her cook has seen a funeral procession leaving a neighbouring house on Christmas day.
Enquiries, however, reveal that nobody died at that house. The place is a private nursing home with one female patient, an actress, who is gravely ill and who recently had on operation which was unsuccessful and needs to be repeated.
Mrs. Mardell gradually realises that the patient bears many similarities to Julia, her husband's first wife who gave him a divorce. Shortly afterwards, Julia had sent her a very peculiar letter...and suddenly the vision of the funeral takes on a very sinister aspect....
The Operation is a short novella which tells a very odd story. The second wife of the famous dwarf comedy actor, Joseph Mardell, learns that her cook has seen a funeral procession leaving a neighbouring house on Christmas day.
Enquiries, however, reveal that nobody died at that house. The place is a private nursing home with one female patient, an actress, who is gravely ill and who recently had on operation which was unsuccessful and needs to be repeated.
Mrs. Mardell gradually realises that the patient bears many similarities to Julia, her husband's first wife who gave him a divorce. Shortly afterwards, Julia had sent her a very peculiar letter...and suddenly the vision of the funeral takes on a very sinister aspect....
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Published October 8, 2015
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Violet Hunt
89 books13 followersIsobel Violet Hunt was a British author and literary hostess. She was an active feminist. She covered several literary forms, including short stories, novels, memoirs, and biographies.
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January 24, 2024
Violet Hunt tells us an interesting story about Joseph Mardell through this short novella. Joseph Mardell’s second wife finds out that her cook has seen a funeral possession leaving their neighboring building on Christmas day. The building is a nursing home, and an actress waiting for an operation is the only person living there. The striking similarity between the actress in the nursing home and Mardell’s first wife, Julia makes things more complicated
Who is actually the person in the nursing home? Why was there a funeral procession on Christmas day? The author tries to answer these questions through this book.
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“All artists are nothing but divine children.”
Who is actually the person in the nursing home? Why was there a funeral procession on Christmas day? The author tries to answer these questions through this book.
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