Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals. Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.Ĭombining elements of historical and gothic fiction with a modern perspective, in a tale of love and betrayal and coercion, Reluctant Immortals is the lyrical and harrowing journey of two women from classic literature as they bravely claim their own destiny in a man’s world. Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. Rochester’s attic-bound wife in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre-as they band together to combat the toxic men bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967. Gwedolyn Kiste has taken two of the most famously discarded victims in English literary history and has them fighting back against the men who abused them, while also allowing them space to uplift others. 2023 Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in a Novelįor fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature-from Lucy Westnera, a victim of Stoker’s Dracula, and Bertha Mason, Mr. Reluctant Immortals is an engrossing thought experiment that reexamines classic literature through a 21st century lens.
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