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In a country village, a family of New Yorkers encounters a chilling ancient rite

After watching his asthmatic daughter suffer in the foul city air, Theodore Constantine decides to get back to the land. When he and his wife search New England for the perfect nineteenth-century home, they find no township more charming, no countryside more idyllic than the farming village of Cornwall Coombe. Here they begin a new life: simple, pure, close to nature - and ultimately more terrifying than Manhattan’s darkest alley.

When the Constantines win the friendship of the town matriarch, the mysterious Widow Fortune, they are invited to join the ancient festival of Harvest Home, a ceremony whose quaintness disguises dark intentions. In this bucolic hamlet, where bootleggers work by moonlight and all of the villagers seem to share the same last name, the past is more present than outsiders can fathom - and something far more sinister than the annual harvest is about to rise out of the earth.

©1973 Thomas Tryon (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Gothic Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Village Exciting
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I first read and enjoyed Tom Tryon’s ‘Harvest Home’ about 50 year’s ago. At the time I suspect I was initially curious to find out what this very good looking film actor had written! Later, one of my favourite actresses, Bette Davis. played the widow in an adaptation for television.
This Audible production has delighted me. The story hasn’t dated, the narration is convincing and the characters are absorbing - especially the widow - still Bette Davis in my mind’s eye!!

Pastoral horror...

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Enjoyed this well written and skilfully crafted tale. Will definitely explore more of this authors work

Chilling tale of tradition and conspiracy

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Very well written and narrated.
The story may be a little slow for some, however I enjoyed the slow build up and growing sense of threat. I thought the ending was worth it, chilling in its own way.

Slow burning folk horror

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The story had the potential to be interesting, but it devolved into repetitiveness and the mysteries, once unveiled, were anticlimactic and/or nonsensical.

The narrator’s attempt to mimic the old woman and small child were painful to say the least.

Annoying narration, dull tale

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About a third too long and slow at that. Picks up at the end though

About a third too long and slow at that

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