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The Demon Lover

By: Elizabeth Bowen
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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A story from Night in the Front Line, a collection of Second World War short stories.

One of Elizabeth Bowen’s most well-known stories, The Demon Lover sees Mrs Drover return to her abandoned London home, her family having settled into evacuated life in the countryside, to find a letter waiting for her.

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Terrific short story that keeps you wondering. Supernatural? War time London. Masterful writing. A signal lesson on the short story firm

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