Angels and Insects
“An elegant seduction. An erotic deception. A stunning revelation.”
DramaRomance
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
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A lushly decadent, yet deeply unsettling period piece. It's a slow descent into the suffocating secrets and forbidden desires lurking beneath a veneer of Victorian propriety, where scientific curiosity meets carnal obsession.
opulentclaustrophobicsensualuneasymelancholicslow-burnperiod dramaarthousegothicatmosphericclassdesiresecrecyrepression
class societyinsectrich woman poor manvictorian englandscientistincestbased on short storynaturalist
