Windows in Books
When windows reveal a story….
This post celebrates all those stories where someone sees something significant through a window
Why do windows in novels fascinate so much?
Girl on a Train – Paula Hawkins
The window on this train is definitely the one that the girl should NOT have looked through as it causes ALL the problems! Imagine if she had been reading a book instead. Much safer.
The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
What you may or may not see from the windows in Greyswick Manor……………well now…………….
The Secret Keeper – Kate Morton
There is always a window or a door that leads to trouble in Kate Morton’s stories. And whilst technically this is not a window – well the window of a tree house – what a girl spots from here changes everything.
The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
The windows here both reveal things when someone looks out of them and when something appears in them. The window also has another more tragic role here and it is scary!
The 4.50 from Paddington
Is this one of the most well known windows in fiction? It’s a window on the move – two windows in fact. One has a blind that half hides the shadows of two people. One of these people appears to be murdering the other….
