The House in Paris
This 1935 novel is considered among Bowen's best.  Eleven-year-old Henrietta is visting the Fisher family in Paris.  The character of the city, however, has nothing on the  characters inside the residence, including Leopold, a child; his  unusual mother; a dead father who has as much presence as any of  the living; and an old man dying in bed. There's something dark  about the goings-on here, which Henrietta learns firsthand.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.