by Anna Hope · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072824470
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«La salle de bal» is the historical novel by Anna Hope, published by Folio in paperback (448 pages, in French).
In 1911, Ella Fay is admitted to Sharston asylum for breaking a window at the factory where she worked. Every Friday, the dance brings the inmates together, and there she meets John, a melancholic Irishman, with whom a growing love develops. Dr Fuller, fascinated by eugenics, observes the patients and hatches plans that threaten the couple.
French translation by Élodie Leplat; the novel was originally published in English as The Ballroom in 2016.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction, with an interest in the history of psychiatry and the social injustices of the era.
