# The Murderess

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- Book: [The Murderess](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexandros-papadiamantis/the-murderess) ([The Murderess.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexandros-papadiamantis/the-murderess.md))
- Authors: [Alexandros Papadiamantis](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexandros-papadiamantis), [Peter Levi](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-levi)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-15-9017-350-3
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2010-06-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Murderess is a bone-chilling tale of crime and punishment with the dark beauty of a backwoods ballad. Set on the dirt-poor Aegean island of Skiathos, it is the story of Hadoula, an old woman living...