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Original Title:	The Uninvited Guests
ISBN:	0307402533 (ISBN13: 9780307402530)
Edition Language:	English

The Uninvited Guests

Sadie Jones

Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 2.95 | 8030 Users | 1712 Reviews

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One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor—and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.

Evening turns to stormy night, and a most unpleasant parlor game threatens to blow respectability to smithereens: Smudge Torrington, the wayward youngest daughter of the house, decides that this is the perfect moment for her Great Undertaking.

The Uninvited Guests is the bewitching new novel from the critically acclaimed Sadie Jones. The prizewinning author triumphs in this frightening yet delicious drama of dark surprises—where social codes are uprooted and desire daringly trumps propriety—and all is alight with Edwardian wit and opulence.

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Title	:	The Uninvited Guests
Author	:	Sadie Jones
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	April 17th 2012 by Knopf Canada (first published 2012)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal

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Ratings: 2.95 From 8030 Users | 1712 Reviews

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This was a DNF after I got about a quarter of the way through - the characters of Emerald, Clovis and Charlotte were just not grabbing me. They wanted to be a cross between Bright Young Things (slightly down at the heels), Cold Comfort Farm and something more quotidian, but it didn't quite work. Smudge, on the other hand, had promise, as did their home, Sterne. Perhaps if the writing hadn't tried to be quite so clever and there was more a sense of why these people, why this plot, I could have

Despite the fact that the author's previous novels haven't appealed to me, The Uninvited Guests struck me as a must-read as soon as I heard about it, so I was delighted to discover it had been published in advance of the expected release date. Set in a grand old country house inhabitated by the Torrington family, the whole story takes place across the course of one night, as eldest daughter Emerald's birthday party is interrupted by the 'uninvited guests' of the title, a group of lower-class

The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones is a very unusual novel, a complete departure from the norm. Its actually a mix of a lot of genres - comedy of manners, ghost story, mystery, historical and quite simply a book with marvellous, unusual characters. Those not happy to follow where Sadie Jones leads them have made their displeasure known with one or two stars on Goodreads. I knew from some of these reviews that this was going to be a surprising book and Im so glad I allowed Jones to take me on a

This was a book that I stumbled across in a book store and am very glad I bought. It was one of the books that had an employee recommendation in front of it on the shelf, and it sounded delightful. I am pleased to report that it was every bit as fun a read as was suggested by that persons review. Absolutely recommend it. There is mystery, humor, a good look at what is expected of people and what the truth of their natures is. Excellent.

I'm not sure how to describe this novel, except to say it deserved to be read in one sitting.Emerald Torrington is set to celebrate her 20th birthday with her family and a few close friends at a dinner at her family home, Sterne, in April 1912. The night is thrown into disarray when, as her guests arrive, so does news of a train derailment, sending dozens of passengers to Sterne for the evening to await rescue by the railway. The assembled group tries it's best to carry on with the party, but

I was surprised that this book received 5 stars from some of the reviewers. Did they read the same book I did? I read the yawn inspiring novel of an English family in a country manor house set in the early 1900's. I think the writing style was supposed to be imitative of the writing style of the time in the book. It's like a stuffed chair that just enfolds you in the softness of it. You just sink into a dazed sleep.I found nothing likable about this book. I didn't like a single character. You

Was it the glowing pre-release reviews I read that made me feel so dissatisfied with this book? Or is it just that it really isn't a very good book? This is another of those cases where most of the goodreads reviews are gushing and 5 star. I was happy to see that, here and there, tucked away, there were 1, 2 and 3 stars.First of all, the setting--we are told--is 1912. There is very little evidence in the story, however, that it is 1912. Obviously this is a way of life long-gone for all but the