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The Daylight Gate Paperback – October 14, 2014

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3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 485 ratings
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“Mixing historical detail and dark horror, [Winterson] brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 English witch trials.”—People

An instant bestseller in the UK, The Daylight Gate is Jeanette Winterson’s singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power in a time when politics and religion were closely intertwined. On Good Friday, 1612, deep in the woods of Pendle Hill, a gathering of thirteen is interrupted by the local magistrate. Two of their coven have already been imprisoned for witchcraft and are awaiting trial, but those who remain are vouched for by the wealthy and respected Alice Nutter. Shrouded in mystery and gifted with eternally youthful beauty, Alice is established in Lancashire society and insulated by her fortune. As those accused of witchcraft retreat into darkness, Alice stands alone as a realm-crosser, a conjurer of powers that will either destroy her or set her free.

“Winterson’s haunting imagery and narrative immediacy captivate. An engrossing story that’s sure to leave you shivering.”—Elle

“This book is addictive, a page-turner…Winterson lays on the horror and the supernatural with gleeful abandon.”—LA Review of Books

“A daring historical novel…a portal in prose….Any reader who crosses over into this novel will remember vividly where he or she has traveled.”—NPR.com

“Delightfully gruesome.”—New York Times
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  6. ISBN-10
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Born in Manchester, England, Jeanette Winterson is the author of seventeen books, including the national bestseller Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and The Passion. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Stonewall Award.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; First Trade Paper edition (October 14, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802122833
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802122834
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.9 x 0.7 x 7.1 inches
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Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is an award-winning English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity. Winterson is also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing.

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chantele
5.0 out of 5 stars Review for the latest Jeanette Winterson Book
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2013
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I first discovered this brilliant and talented author when I read her book Oranges are not the only fruit. Since then I have made sure that I have read every other book she has ever written and I can honest say I have NEVER been disappointed. She is a rare find and a true artist and this book was no different. She writes effortlessly the words simply fall off the page and into your imagination. The characters are well thought out and the story has you spellbound to the very end. I have never found a better writer and I read alot of books!

Read it and all her others you will not be disappointed!
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Jim Duggins, Ph.D.
4.0 out of 5 stars A Burning of Witches
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013
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Jeannette Winterson's book, "the daylight gate" returns once more to our appetite for stories of the supernatural - and to our love of witches and the atrocities committed upon them. In this version, the British mother of the American Salem witch trials is visited. Author Winterson goes further than many as she explores the many things that women DO in a Puritan environment to merit imprisonment, torture, and death. In this case the crime is usually one of religious difference, greater intelligence, or a woman who is "uppity" or significantly out of step with what is allowed for a female of the era. Other generations have also seemed to include using the vehicle of indictment for witchcraft as a way to steal title to one's property. In this case, author Winterson also adds some same-sex coupling to the list of crimes a woman might commit.

For this reader, "the Daylight gate" s most unusual characteristic is the shortness of chapters. On one hand the book leaps like a stallion out of the starting gate; on the negative side, the short chapters create a choppiness that prevents the conflict tension to marinate and to build the intensity it deserves. Perhaps our dependence upon novels for that quality of delayed gratification has led us to expect that and to be disappointed when the suffering is interrupted.

Still, "the daylight gate" is well written with a lyrical prose style and would lend itself to the length of a coffee break at the office. I recommend this novel as a "quickie" for today's hurried world.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Falls short of its own magical promise
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2015
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I wanted to like this book more than I did, and I wanted it to be more than it was. There *is* a lot here to like, but ultimately Winterson's inconsistency with the supernatural elements of her story and the protagonist's character left me frustrated.

An author who chooses to include witchcraft, alchemy, and demonic bargains in her story as things with actual power can't just dribble them through the plot as dramatic episodes. There should be deeper and more potent consequences. Winterson depicts at least a couple of her stereotypical ragged band of desperate, impoverished 'witches' as people who can actually wield magic. Ugly magic. Complicated magic. But apparently they only do so when it serves the plot -- not prior to the action of the story to actually improve matters for themselves or hurt their enemies. A spirit or two makes an appearance, but fades away and is ignored thereafter.

Alice Nutter, the central character, is a woman of independent means, intelligent enough to study alchemy and build a prosperous business. She loves deeply, and has had both a woman and a man as lovers -- one of the best aspects of the story. She knows that both witchcraft and alchemy can be potent tools. And yet, though her own life and the lives of the two people she loves are threatened, she acts as if she has only her wits to save her. Which is ironic, because she should be smart enough to see that the obsession and desperation of those around her cannot be reasoned with. There is also a point when she commits an act of clever, ruthless self-defense, but never displays that aspect of her character again.

Finally, there is a prophecy which the author takes care to build up and then undercuts.

The writing style is strong and vivid. The characters are interesting. The relationships are believable. The peril is real. I worried about the characters, got angry at them, loved some of them.

This should have been a much deeper, more complex, and more magical story. The characters have so much potential, but they have been left to skitter around on the surface of a hodgepodge world.
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Gevais N Jefferson
5.0 out of 5 stars Witchery and Popery, Popery and Witchery
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015
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I can safely say that I've officially read everything by Ms. Winterson and I really enjoyed 'The Daylight Gate', which I thought was a very concise, historical novel that really transported me back to the time as do all of her historical novels. It's suspenseful, shocking and quite entertaining and gives the reader a glimpse of a time when Christianity, namely the Anglican Church and King James, was busy trying to weed out and expunge witches and ex-members of the 'Old Religion' from England. Quite thought provoking, too.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Torture in the name of religion
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019
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I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of this book. Based on historical events, it nonetheless takes liberties with the supernatural elements.

Shakespeare makes an appearance and is one of the few voices of reason in the story. Alice Nutters and her magenta dress, tiny mirror made from alchemy, and loyal falcon were my favorite aspects of the tale. She is a strong and intelligent woman standing almost alone among a tide of ignorant and fearful men. Yet there are also good men present in the story.

My least favorite parts were the graphically detailed scenes of torture. That human beings could mistreat other humans so maliciously and gruesomely in the name of a religion is no stranger to history, yet 400 years later it is still hard to fathom and to forgive, but not to forget. Religions are still manipulated to brainwash the weak and give men reasons to make wars and fly plains into towers.

In remembrance of Alice Nutters and the perhaps 9 million other innocent women tortured, tried, and executed as witches in the name of an invisible man in the sky, I say, “Never again the burning times.”
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reading.
Reviewed in Spain on January 10, 2019
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Fantastic book. Winterson at her best.
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Pépite
2.0 out of 5 stars histoire inintéressante
Reviewed in France on January 15, 2018
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acheté de le cadre des études, l'édition n'a rien de particulier mais l'histoire et la manière dont elle est écrite est d'un ennui sans fond.
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Aussie Kindling
4.0 out of 5 stars Brevity or understated passions
Reviewed in Australia on February 12, 2017
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It didn't take long to be in the nightmare neighbourhood of superstition and misogynist lives of our ancestors. More novella, with short sentences done with style, so good for quick reading and appreciation of being born in the 1960' not the 1600's.
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looking forward to reading this.
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sarah
3.0 out of 5 stars I'm torn apart..
Reviewed in Germany on September 14, 2015
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Im a big fan of Jeanette Winterson and I've read all her "old" books (The Passion, Written on the Body, Oranges are not the only Fruits, etc...) and I thought her newst book would be nice to read. I have to say, it was. But it was different, shorter. I missed her certain kind of magic in it though its just about magic. I did not feel it this time.
Nevertheless, it's a Jeanette Winterson and if you're a fan of hers this one shouldnt be missed in your collection.
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