A grieving group therapist investigates a series of ritualistic murders of students at Cambridge University, drawn into the orbit of a charismatic Classics professor and the secretive undergraduate society, the Maidens, obsessed with Greek tragedy.
Books mentioned in The Maidens (20)
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster: “she picked up the pile of books on the desk, and looked at the titles—The Duchess of Malfi, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Spanish Tragedy.”
The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton: “looked at the titles—The Duchess of Malfi, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Spanish Tragedy.”
The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd: “looked at the titles—The Duchess of Malfi, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Spanish Tragedy.”
In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson: “It was a slim black leather-bound volume. IN MEMORIAM A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson was embossed on the cover in faded gold lettering.”
Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare: “Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind... —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI, Part 2 (Part Six epigraph)”
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie: “he lay in the surf, happily engrossed in The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie.”
Paradise Lost by John Milton: “Zoe checked her watch. "I have to go. I've got a class on Paradise Lost."”
Paradise Regained by John Milton: “The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. —JOHN MILTON, Paradise Regained (Part Four epigraph)”
Poetics by Aristotle: “The perfect plot, accordingly, must have a single, and not... —ARISTOTLE, Poetics (Part Three epigraph)”
Iliad by Homer: “Homer begins The Iliad with 'μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος'—'Sing to me, O goddess, of the menis of Achilles.'”
Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides: “"This time, it's from Iphigenia in Aulis, by Euripides." "It's about Iphigenia being led to her death."”
Electra by Euripides: “"It's from Electra by Euripides." "Tell me what it says."”
The Children of Heracles by Euripides: “I think … it's Euripides. The Children of Heracles, if I'm not mistaken.”
For Your Own Good by Alice Miller: “And so, when a man comes along and talks like one's own father... —ALICE MILLER, For Your Own Good (Part Four epigraph)”
Antigone by Jean Anouilh: “The spring is wound up tight. It will uncoil of itself... —JEAN ANOUILH, Antigone (Part Five epigraph)”
The Vision of Sin by Alfred Tennyson: “Tell me tales of thy first love— / April hopes, the fools of chance... —ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, The Vision of Sin (book epigraph)”
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. —C. S. LEWIS, A Grief Observed (Part One epigraph)”
Ithaca by Constantine P. Cavafy: “The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops... —C. P. CAVAFY, "Ithaca" (Part Two epigraph)”
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: “King Arthur and Camelot; Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen, Shakespeare—and Tennyson.”
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie: “The England of the Famous Five, and Peter Pan and Wendy; King Arthur and Camelot; Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen”