Great Granny Webster

GreatGrannyWebsterisCarolineBlackwood\'smasterpiece.HeiresstotheGuinnessfortune,Blackwoodwascelebratedasagreatbeautyanddazzlingraconteurlongbeforeshemadehernameasastrikinglyoriginalwriter.Thismacabre,mordantlyfunny,partlyauto-biographicalnovelrevealsthegothiccrazinessbehindthescenesinthegreathousesofthearistocracy,aswitnessedthroughtheunsparingeyesofanorphanedteenagegirl.GreatGrannyWebsterherselfisafabulousmonster,thechilliestofmatriarchs,presidingwithsteelyself-regardoveralandscapeofruinedlives.