The Stress of Her Regard
core novel 1989 The Stress of Her Regard
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (4,394 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441790555 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Early in the nineteenth century, the doctor Michael Crawford wakes to find his bride brutally murdered beside him in their wedding bed and, doubting his own sanity, flees England. He becomes aware that he is pursued by a lamia, a malignant female spirit that claims him as her own and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. He seeks help from the greatest poets of his day, Byron, Keats and Shelley, who turn out to have experience of such monsters, and his quest to escape his supernatural wife carries him across the Continent in the company of those doomed poets, each of whom has a part to play in his fate and in the fate of Europe.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Stress of Her Regard
- Series: The Stress of Her Regard core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tim Powers
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Award, 1990: won
Notes
- From the series record (The Stress of Her Regard): The first novel of the world.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Internal chronology, within The Stress of Her Regard: position 1 of 2: next Hide Me Among the Graves (2012)
Sources
- Biblio: The Stress of Her Regard (Ace Books, September 1989, first edition)
- OverDrive: The Stress of Her Regard (publisher description and Publishers Weekly review)
- San Antonio College library catalogue: The Stress of Her Regard (summary)
- Attic Books: The Stress of Her Regard (description)
- Mythopoeic Society (final ballots)
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