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A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986) is a psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the pen name Barbara Vine. The novel won the American Edgar Award. It was adapted as a television film of the same name in 1994 by the BBC.
A Dark Adapted Eye. This psychological mystery/thriller, adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name, depicts a family on the edge. Two sisters, the elder obsessive Vera, and the younger, manipulative Eden, cut a path of jealousy, murder and revenge that leads to the destruction of their enti... Read all.
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Jan 1, 2001 · A Dark-Adapted Eye. Barbara Vine, Ruth Rendell. 3.93. 9,648 ratings605 reviews. Faith Severn has grown up with the dark cloud of murder looming over her family. Her aunt Vera Hillyard, a rigidly respectable woman, was convicted and hanged for the crime, but the reason for her desperate deed died with her.
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Aug 23, 2019 · A Dark-Adapted Eye is a tour de force in structure, and an uncanny psychological study of family, expectations, aspiration, envy, and revenge. And in the need, it reveals the one obsessive emotion that can push a seemingly-normal person over the edge into madness.
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A Dark Adapted Eye. Summaries. This psychological mystery/thriller, adapted from Ruth Rendell's novel of the same name, depicts a family on the edge. Two sisters, the elder obsessive Vera, and the younger, manipulative Eden, cut a path of jealousy, murder and revenge that leads to the destruction of their entire family.
A Dark Adapted Eye. Top-rated. Mon, Jan 3, 1994. S1.E2. Episode #1.2. Faith begins work as a librarian and resumes her search for the truth. Helen confesses that Eden could not have children and conspired with Vera to have Jamie. Although Vera brought him up, Eden wanted a child to complete her perfect life. 7.7/10. Rate. Top-rated.
