Flowers In The Attic Summart

After the death of her husband a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge decrepit old mansion.

Flowers in the attic summart.

However the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic visited only by the grandmother and their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health and more concerned about herself and the inheritance she plans to win back from. There are secrets chris jeb stuart adams and cathy kristy swanson never knew about their parents. Thanks for exploring this supersummary study guide of flowers in the attic by v. It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014.

Best known for books like flowers in the attic the wildly over the top 1979 gothic family saga about four children locked in an attic by their grandmother vc andrews died in 1986 but that. Flowers in the attic summary and study guide. Flowers in the attic weaves the twisted story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are asked by their mother corrine to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.

The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of cathy dollanganger. It is based on v. It is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic is a dark gothic tale of greed and incest that will keep readers spellbound until the final paragraph.

After their father dies the teenage siblings along with their younger brother and sister are sent to live with their cruel grandmother olivia louise fletcher. Flowers in the attic is a 1987 psychological horror film starring louise fletcher victoria tennant kristy swanson and jeb stuart adams. Andrews 1979 novel of the same name. The book was extremely po.

At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. The dollanganger family lives in pennsylvania where their father often travels on business for the public relations firm for which he works. A modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes supersummary offers high quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes characters quotes and essay topics.