Fervor: A Novel

  • Author: Toby Lloyd
  • Narrator: Genevieve Gaunt
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:28:29
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Synopsis

A chilling and unforgettable story of a close-knit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.

Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe—unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the camps—Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef’s death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways.

Witnessing the complete transformation of her daughter, Hannah begins to suspect that Elsie has delved too deep into the labyrinths of Jewish mysticism and gotten lost among shadows. But for Elsie's brother Tovyah, a brilliant but reclusive student struggling to find his place at Oxford, the truth is much simpler: his sister is the product of a dysfunctional family, obsessed with empty rituals, traditions, and unbridled ambition. But who is right? Is religion the cure for the disease or the disease itself? And how can they stop the darkness from engulfing Elsie completely?

Alive with both the bristling energy of a great campus novel and the unsettling, ever-shifting ground of a great horror tale, Fervor is at its heart a family story—where personal allegiances compete with obligations to history and to mysterious forces that offer both consolation and devastation.

Chapters

  • 001 Fervor Open

    Duration: 29s
  • 002 Fervor Part1 GehinnomAndAfterwards Chapter1

    Duration: 22min
  • 003 Fervor Chapter2

    Duration: 23min
  • 004 Fervor Chapter3

    Duration: 31min
  • 005 Fervor Chapter4

    Duration: 23min
  • 006 Fervor Chapter5

    Duration: 34min
  • 007 Fervor Chapter6

    Duration: 24min
  • 008 Fervor Chapter7

    Duration: 30min
  • 009 Fervor Chapter8

    Duration: 25min
  • 010 Fervor Part2 DaughtersOfEndor Chapter9

    Duration: 27min
  • 011 Fervor Chapter10

    Duration: 20min
  • 012 Fervor Chapter11

    Duration: 33min
  • 013 Fervor Chapter12

    Duration: 32min
  • 014 Fervor Chapter13

    Duration: 10min
  • 015 Fervor Chapter14

    Duration: 28min
  • 016 Fervor Chapter15

    Duration: 45min
  • 017 Fervor Part3 Fervor Chapter16

    Duration: 27min
  • 018 Fervor Chapter17

    Duration: 15min
  • 019 Fervor Chapter18

    Duration: 24min
  • 020 Fervor Chapter19

    Duration: 17min
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