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The Fifth Child (paladin Books) by Lessing, Doris is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.'Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike,' tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world...

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Author

Lessing, Doris

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780586089033

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror

Rating

3.53 / 5 (393 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14