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Автор Кэтрин Фишер
catherine fisher
Dial Books
an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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First published in the United States 2012 by Dial Books
Published in Great Britain in 2000 by Hodder Children’s Books
Copyright © 2000 by Catherine Fisher
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fisher, Catherine, date.
Darkwater / Catherine Fisher.
p. cm.
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Sarah sells her soul to reclaim her family’s estate and is given 100 years to atone for their sins, but as the bargain nears its end, modern-day Tom, yearning to attend the private
school that Darkwater Hall has become, gets caught up in the bargain.
ISBN 978-1-101-59110-9
[1. Supernatural—Fiction. 2. Private schools—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction.
4. Soul—Fiction.5. Twins—Fiction. 6. Brothers—Fiction. 7. England—Fiction. 8. Great Britain—History—Edward VII, 1901–1910—Fiction. ] I. Title.
PZ7. F4995Dav 2012 [Fic]—dc23 2011048063
Contents
the prince of darkness
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
the great work
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
one
In the dream, she hurried down an endless corridor lined with books. Shelf on shelf they towered over her head, leaning out, frowning down, disapproving. She knew they wanted to fall on her and crush her.
