Những bông hoa trước gió - Virgina Andrews (Phần 2 của Những bông hoa trên tầng áp mái)

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Cuzin ah, khi nào thì có phần 3 đấy? Tớ muốn đọc lắm rồi!

Mọi người ạ, Virginia C.Andrews là một tác giả người Mỹ, tiểu thuyết Flowers in the Attic là tác phẩm đầu tay của bà ra đời năm 1979, nằm trong series tiểu thuyết The Dollanganger series.
Tớ mới chỉ có 2 quyển I và II thôi, mọi người tìm hiểu tiếp nhé. Tớ copy paste từ wikipedia ra này. Hy vọng không làm mọi người mất hứng.
 
The Dollanganger series
Andrews''s first series of novels focuses on the lives of the Dollanganger family and was published between 1979 and 1986.
 
The first two novels, "Flowers in the Attic" and "Petals on the Wind", focus on the Dollanganger children: Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie. The Dollangangers are initially imprisoned in an attic by their mother and grandmother, and "Flowers in the Attic" tells of their incarceration and subsequent escape. "Petals on the Wind" picks up the story directly after their escape from the attic. "If There Be Thorns" and "Seeds of Yesterday" continue to tell the story of the siblings, but the focus shifts to Cathy''s children, Jory and Bart. "Garden of Shadows" is a prequel which tells the story of the grandparents, Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth.
 
Flowers in the Attic (1979)
Petals on the Wind (1980)
If There Be Thorns (1981)
Seeds of Yesterday (1984)
Garden of Shadows (1986) (started by Andrews, finished by Andrew Neiderman)
 
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
Narrator Catherine Dollanganger, 12, is the second of four children, following older brother Chris (14) and preceding twins Cory and Carrie (5). Cathy ,and her siblings, live lovely blissful lives in Gladstone, Pennsylvania. Their father, Christopher Sr., works as a P.R. man for a computer company. Their mother, Corrine Dollanganger; is a housewife and cares for Cathy, Chris Jr. and the twins. Each member of Cathy''s family sports flaxen blond hair and Dresden blue eyes with fair skin. Because of the Dollanganger children''s natural beauty, they are nicknamed ''The Dresden Dolls'' because of their resemblance to porcelain dolls.
 
Sadly, Cathy''s life in Gladstone ends upon her father?Ts tragic death in a road accident. Cathy''s mother, Corrine , decides to move herself and her children back to her family home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
 
Corrine informs the children that their grandfather Malcolm, on his death bed, is a rich man and that she hopes to inherit his fortune despite being ostracized from her family since the age of eighteen. Unfortunately, any hopes of a short stay such as promised by Corrine to the kids is dashed when they arrive and meet the cold-hearted Olivia, the children''s grandmother and Corinne''s mother.
 
Corrine is taken to speak to her mother in private. When she returns to her children, she has been savagely horse whipped by Olivia, who explains to the children that their parents were half-uncle and niece. If Corrine has any hope of gaining her father approval, their existence must be kept secret forever. So the children are told that they must remain in an attic room of their grandparents'' vast mansion until Malcolm?Ts death.
 
At first, Corrine lavishes the children with expensive gifts, and promises of a bright future. However, as time goes by, she slowly loses interest in her children, particularly Cory and Carrie who have stopped growing due to the stress of being locked inside. Corrine''s favor of Chris however, stays on amazingly. Though this love for her eldest does nothing to motivate Corrine into freeing her children. Because of Corrine''s abandonment the Dresden Dolls begin to rely on one another for comfort and friendship which leads to the formation of a new family unit; with Chris and Cathy assuming the roles of mother and father for their beloved twins.
 
The children are gradually fed and looked after less well, and Corrine visits less and less often, eventually getting married to Bart Winslow, a local lawyer. Her eventual abandonment leaves them in the cruel care of Olivia, who regards the children as ?oDevil?Ts Spawn".
 
As Cathy and Chris grow into young adults, they begin to develop ***ual feelings towards one another, largely due to their confinement. This confuses and terrifies them, leading them to wonder if their grandmother is right about them.
 
Meanwhile, Olivia keeps the children on a rigid schedule of Bible reading and me***ation, abusing them mentally and physically. They wither away from malnutrition as well as lack of sunlight, fresh air, physical activity and medical treatment. Eventually health risks force Chris and Cathy start to make plans for an escape, with Chris leaving their attic prison to explore the further reaches of Foxworth Hall with a wooden key that he had molded from the last time his mother visited. He steals small amounts of cash for their eventual escape and marvels at the opulent treasures the Foxworths own.
 
Later on, Chris has become ill, leaving Cathy to go and loot the Foxworth Mansion instead. Upon entering her mother''s room Cathy spots Bart Winslow, her new step-father. Bart is sleeping in a chair and does not notice Cathy; Cathy is dazzled by how handsome he is and before she can stop herself, kisses him while he slumbers. Chris finds out about this kiss sometime later by eavesdropping on his mother and step-father. An enraged Chris returns to the attic, confronts Cathy about the incident and eventually rapes her, then pleads for forgiveness, stating that he did not mean to take advantage of her. Cathy forgives him, believing that she could have stopped him if she had really wanted to.
 
Cory becomes increasingly ill as they plan their escape, which leads both Cathy and Chris to plead with the grandmother and Corrine to take Cory to the hospital. Surprisingly they oblige, sadly it is the last time they ever see Cory alive. Corrine visits them one last time,and informs them that Cory had been stricken with pneumonia and had passed away while in the hospital. Corrine adds stoically that there will be no funeral, that Cory''s body had already been buried.
 
Cathy and Chris mourn the loss of their youngest twin whom both had thought of as a son. But fear for Carrie''s health as she has become distant from Cathy and Chris because of her twin brothers untimely death. It is because of Cory''s death, That Chris finally decides to take every dime, every diamond, anything of value in Corrine''s room and flee Foxworth hall.
 
This declaration comes too little too late, for Corrine and Bart have left Foxworth hall once more. Which leads Chris to wander the mansion in search of items worth pawning. While s****nging the mansion, Chris finds the grandmother''s room, where he discovers that the grandmother really wears a wig because she is actually bald with few strands of Grey hair on her head. Chris then finds his way to the grandfathers room, Here Chris is forced to hide behind a sofa to avoid being spotted by John Amos Jackson (the grandmothers distant cousin) and a maid.
 
It is through them that Chris discovers the horrible truth. The truth being that Malcolm Foxworth had died months ago, and that Corrine, as stated in her fathers will. Would not be allowed to bare children in her future marriages, and if it were ever discovered that she had mothered children in her first marriage to Chris Sr. She would be stripped of her inheritance and would be left penniless.
 
Chris also overhears that the servants were given the impression that rats lurked in the attic, in an effort to explain the noise the children made. The grandmother had also told the servants to never enter the one room in the north wing because the floors were covered with arsenic. Horrified, Chris connects the powdered donuts to the nearly untraceable poison. After testing one of the donut''s on Mickey, a mouse that Cory had kept as a pet. Chris and Cathy''s suspicions are confirmed, the donuts were laced with arsenic, Cory had not died of natural causes, he had been murdered.
 
Finally, the three remaining children,are able to escape after nearly four years of confinement. Chris says they will travel to Sarasota, Florida, where the flowers blossom every day of the year.

Mọi người ạ, Virginia C.Andrews là một tác giả người Mỹ, tiểu thuyết Flowers in the Attic là tác phẩm đầu tay của bà ra đời năm 1979, nằm trong series tiểu thuyết The Dollanganger series.
Tớ mới chỉ có 2 quyển I và II thôi, mọi người tìm hiểu tiếp nhé. Tớ copy paste từ wikipedia ra này. Hy vọng không làm mọi người mất hứng.
 
The Dollanganger series
Andrews''s first series of novels focuses on the lives of the Dollanganger family and was published between 1979 and 1986.
 
The first two novels, "Flowers in the Attic" and "Petals on the Wind", focus on the Dollanganger children: Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie. The Dollangangers are initially imprisoned in an attic by their mother and grandmother, and "Flowers in the Attic" tells of their incarceration and subsequent escape. "Petals on the Wind" picks up the story directly after their escape from the attic. "If There Be Thorns" and "Seeds of Yesterday" continue to tell the story of the siblings, but the focus shifts to Cathy''s children, Jory and Bart. "Garden of Shadows" is a prequel which tells the story of the grandparents, Olivia and Malcolm Foxworth.
 
Flowers in the Attic (1979)
Petals on the Wind (1980)
If There Be Thorns (1981)
Seeds of Yesterday (1984)
Garden of Shadows (1986) (started by Andrews, finished by Andrew Neiderman)
 
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC
Narrator Catherine Dollanganger, 12, is the second of four children, following older brother Chris (14) and preceding twins Cory and Carrie (5). Cathy ,and her siblings, live lovely blissful lives in Gladstone, Pennsylvania. Their father, Christopher Sr., works as a P.R. man for a computer company. Their mother, Corrine Dollanganger; is a housewife and cares for Cathy, Chris Jr. and the twins. Each member of Cathy''s family sports flaxen blond hair and Dresden blue eyes with fair skin. Because of the Dollanganger children''s natural beauty, they are nicknamed ''The Dresden Dolls'' because of their resemblance to porcelain dolls.
 
Sadly, Cathy''s life in Gladstone ends upon her father?Ts tragic death in a road accident. Cathy''s mother, Corrine , decides to move herself and her children back to her family home in Charlottesville, Virginia.
 
Corrine informs the children that their grandfather Malcolm, on his death bed, is a rich man and that she hopes to inherit his fortune despite being ostracized from her family since the age of eighteen. Unfortunately, any hopes of a short stay such as promised by Corrine to the kids is dashed when they arrive and meet the cold-hearted Olivia, the children''s grandmother and Corinne''s mother.
 
Corrine is taken to speak to her mother in private. When she returns to her children, she has been savagely horse whipped by Olivia, who explains to the children that their parents were half-uncle and niece. If Corrine has any hope of gaining her father approval, their existence must be kept secret forever. So the children are told that they must remain in an attic room of their grandparents'' vast mansion until Malcolm?Ts death.
 
At first, Corrine lavishes the children with expensive gifts, and promises of a bright future. However, as time goes by, she slowly loses interest in her children, particularly Cory and Carrie who have stopped growing due to the stress of being locked inside. Corrine''s favor of Chris however, stays on amazingly. Though this love for her eldest does nothing to motivate Corrine into freeing her children. Because of Corrine''s abandonment the Dresden Dolls begin to rely on one another for comfort and friendship which leads to the formation of a new family unit; with Chris and Cathy assuming the roles of mother and father for their beloved twins.
 
The children are gradually fed and looked after less well, and Corrine visits less and less often, eventually getting married to Bart Winslow, a local lawyer. Her eventual abandonment leaves them in the cruel care of Olivia, who regards the children as ?oDevil?Ts Spawn".
 
As Cathy and Chris grow into young adults, they begin to develop ***ual feelings towards one another, largely due to their confinement. This confuses and terrifies them, leading them to wonder if their grandmother is right about them.
 
Meanwhile, Olivia keeps the children on a rigid schedule of Bible reading and me***ation, abusing them mentally and physically. They wither away from malnutrition as well as lack of sunlight, fresh air, physical activity and medical treatment. Eventually health risks force Chris and Cathy start to make plans for an escape, with Chris leaving their attic prison to explore the further reaches of Foxworth Hall with a wooden key that he had molded from the last time his mother visited. He steals small amounts of cash for their eventual escape and marvels at the opulent treasures the Foxworths own.
 
Later on, Chris has become ill, leaving Cathy to go and loot the Foxworth Mansion instead. Upon entering her mother''s room Cathy spots Bart Winslow, her new step-father. Bart is sleeping in a chair and does not notice Cathy; Cathy is dazzled by how handsome he is and before she can stop herself, kisses him while he slumbers. Chris finds out about this kiss sometime later by eavesdropping on his mother and step-father. An enraged Chris returns to the attic, confronts Cathy about the incident and eventually rapes her, then pleads for forgiveness, stating that he did not mean to take advantage of her. Cathy forgives him, believing that she could have stopped him if she had really wanted to.
 
Cory becomes increasingly ill as they plan their escape, which leads both Cathy and Chris to plead with the grandmother and Corrine to take Cory to the hospital. Surprisingly they oblige, sadly it is the last time they ever see Cory alive. Corrine visits them one last time,and informs them that Cory had been stricken with pneumonia and had passed away while in the hospital. Corrine adds stoically that there will be no funeral, that Cory''s body had already been buried.
 
Cathy and Chris mourn the loss of their youngest twin whom both had thought of as a son. But fear for Carrie''s health as she has become distant from Cathy and Chris because of her twin brothers untimely death. It is because of Cory''s death, That Chris finally decides to take every dime, every diamond, anything of value in Corrine''s room and flee Foxworth hall.
 
This declaration comes too little too late, for Corrine and Bart have left Foxworth hall once more. Which leads Chris to wander the mansion in search of items worth pawning. While s****nging the mansion, Chris finds the grandmother''s room, where he discovers that the grandmother really wears a wig because she is actually bald with few strands of Grey hair on her head. Chris then finds his way to the grandfathers room, Here Chris is forced to hide behind a sofa to avoid being spotted by John Amos Jackson (the grandmothers distant cousin) and a maid.
 
It is through them that Chris discovers the horrible truth. The truth being that Malcolm Foxworth had died months ago, and that Corrine, as stated in her fathers will. Would not be allowed to bare children in her future marriages, and if it were ever discovered that she had mothered children in her first marriage to Chris Sr. She would be stripped of her inheritance and would be left penniless.
 
Chris also overhears that the servants were given the impression that rats lurked in the attic, in an effort to explain the noise the children made. The grandmother had also told the servants to never enter the one room in the north wing because the floors were covered with arsenic. Horrified, Chris connects the powdered donuts to the nearly untraceable poison. After testing one of the donut''s on Mickey, a mouse that Cory had kept as a pet. Chris and Cathy''s suspicions are confirmed, the donuts were laced with arsenic, Cory had not died of natural causes, he had been murdered.
 
Finally, the three remaining children,are able to escape after nearly four years of confinement. Chris says they will travel to Sarasota, Florida, where the flowers blossom every day of the year.

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