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Eight months pregnant and alone, Helen Georgesson's only hope is the five dollar bill and the train ticket back to her home town in San Francisco. On the train she befriends newlyweds Patrice and Hugh Hazzard. Tragedy strikes and the train crashes, killing both the Hazzards instantly. When Helen awakes in hospital she discovers she has given ...
- Cornell Woolrich
- 1948
In many respects, "I Married a Dead Man" is an almost religious novel (without a clear God) about sin and its consequences. I found it riveting, thoughtful, and heartbreaking. Woolrich was a prolific noir writer whose other works include the story "Rear Window." His novel was the basis for a 1950 film "No Man of her Own" starring Barbara Stanwyk.
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Jul 9, 2022 · I Married a Dead Man. Book Details. Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and desperate, Helen boards a train heading west. She meets Patrice, a happy young expectant mother who’s traveling with her husband, Hugh, to meet his family for the first time. Patrice lets Helen try on her wedding-band—just before the train crashes, killing Patrice and ...
Sep 16, 2022 · I married a dead man by Woolrich, Cornell, 1903-1968. Publication date 1983 Publisher New York : Ballantine Books Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled ...
Jun 6, 2024 · I Married a Dead Man is a miraculous noir novel by the absolute master of the genre. Extravagant, histrionic, maze-like, the plot keeps you imprisoned in Woolrich's surreal, agonized world. Extravagant, histrionic, maze-like, the plot keeps you imprisoned in Woolrich's surreal, agonized world.
- Cornell Woolrich
- Penguin Canada, 2024
- 0241695864, 9780241695869
Jul 4, 2022 · Books. I Married a Dead Man. Corcell Woolrich, William Irish. Wildside Press LLC, Jul 4, 2022 - Fiction - 297 pages. Pregnant, abandoned by her lover, and desperate, Helen boards a train heading west. She meets Patrice, a happy young expectant mother who’s traveling with her husband, Hugh, to meet his family for the first time. Patrice lets ...
Aug 8, 2019 · I Married a Dead Man has an odd blend: sentimentality and melodrama mixed with an aura of fatalism and darkness. There are poignant themes like acceptance and love, finding one’s place, or “home”, which counter with themes of “darkness”, “alienation” and “corrupt individuals” “good and evil” in the world.
- Cornell Woolrich
