FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
Rare advance "Preview" issue for the first edition of the beloved teen gothic melodrama.
Very good plus.
Price: $1,500.00
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
"Darling, I have a secret to tell you: upstairs, hidden away in the far northern wing, I have four children."
V.C. Andrews's creations occupy a peculiarly rarified position in the trash pantheon of the late 1970s, at the junction between two worlds: at the right hand of Cathy and Christopher Dollenganger sit Hannibal Lecter and the Vampire Lestat; to their left, no less worthy, are Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield. Like the best young adult classics, FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC was not written for teens but rather appropriated by them, and for that reason it has been loved like a stolen treasure: illicitly, irrationally, passionately. Critical reappraisals began to appear in the past decade as the novel approached middle age, and they speak with a single voice. In the words of THE NEW INQUIRY: "FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC is the Best Book Ever." A paperback original that became iconic in mall bookstores everywhere during the 1980s, this is the first advance issue we've encountered. The earliest publicly circulated version of this guiltily read Gen X classic.
Read more: Robin Wasserman, "Interview with Ann Patty, Editor of Flowers in the Attic," The Toast; Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, "Flowers in the Attic is the Best Book Ever, And Here's Why."
The Object
First printing. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 9'' x 6''. Original grey printed wrappers. 412 pages.
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