First editionAuthorCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenrePublisherRandom HouseMedia typePrintPages254Asylum is a novel by British author. The novel is the chronicle of a story about self-obsession narrated by the point of view of a psychiatrist.

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It was adapted into a directed by.Plot summary A beautiful woman, Stella Raphael, lives an unimaginative family life: she runs the household and takes care of her son Charlie while her husband Max works as a deputy superintendent at a maximum security. This all changes when she becomes romantically involved with Edgar Stark, an artistic talented patient who restores the old Victorian conservatory. Edgar is committed for the violent murder of his wife but this does not influence Stella's feelings.

Then Edgar escapes from the institution wearing Max's clothes and takes a hiding in a shabby building in which he uses as a studio. Stella's love for him grows stronger and while in London for 'shopping' she manages to get back in contact with Edgar via his artist friend Nick.Her visits become more and more frequent and it starts to become suspicious so she decides to leave her family permanently.

The asylum wants to keep this potentially scandalous situation out of the papers but informs the police. At first Stella enjoys the underground art life but Edgar starts to become violent and jealous as he sculpts a rather morbid bust of her head. He thinks she wants to go back to Max and fears being poisoned by her. Stella, realizing the danger, finds shelter at Nick's home but she has to flee again as Edgar tries to locate her.

As she feels her love again, she returns to Edgar's studio where she is arrested by the police who have lost track of Edgar.Stella reunites with her family. Max is fired from the asylum due to the affair, so they move to the countryside where Max can work for another mental hospital. She now has to regain the trust of her son and Max, but she doesn't make much of an effort as she is still in love with Edgar despite his disturbing behaviour. As the family gets more depressed, Stella has simple sex with her neighbour to pass the time waiting for her lover to find her.

Her hope for reunion with Edgar is strengthened when he is arrested by the police near their house. During a school trip with her son she fails to help him as he drowns in a swamp.

She is found guilty of and institutionalised at the asylum where Max used to work. The asylum is now run by Peter Cleave, who wants to help her cure from her complex, hoping that their friendship will evolve into a marriage. She seems to agree, but Peter doesn't take into account that her love for Edgar - also in the hospital in solitary - still reigns. Stella commits suicide using the pills she didn't swallow as she can't be somebody else's lover. Peter keeps the bronze bust of Stella that Edgar made in his desk's drawer.Adaptations. (2005), directed by and starring, and with a cast also including, and.This article about a of the 1990s is a. You can help Wikipedia.

This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( June 2017) Asylum AsylumSanctumCatacombAuthorMadeleine RouxCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre,PublisherPublished2013Media typePrintAsylum is a bestselling horror novel series. The series is composed of four novels, Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb, and Escape from Asylum and three novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, and The Warden.The series features various twists and turns.The books feature a written story accompanied by photographs that the series' characters uncover during the course of the story.

Contents.Premise The series follows sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, who was chosen to attend a prestigious summer program in. Once there he befriends two other teens, Abby and Jordan, with whom he explores an old that has been re-purposed into a student. However, what they find ends up drawing them into old and disturbing recurring events.Synopsis Asylum (2013) Dan is a new attendee to the New Hampshire College Prep (NHCP) summer program, where he befriends two other attendees, Abby and Jordan. Runestone keeper upgrades.

Abby and Dan kindle a romance, which threatens their friendship with Jordan. This becomes the least of his problems, as the trio ends up getting drawn into the past mysteries of their dorm, the Brookline Dorm, which used to serve as a psychiatric hospital. Exploring the dorm's grounds and history brings evidence that one of Abby's relatives attended the hospital and that one of Dan's relatives may have been the hospital's warden. Things grow more tense after a boy is killed at the university and Dan discovers that there was once a named 'The Sculptor' that attended thanages to meet her aunt, Dan travels back home.Sanctum (2014) Dan and his friends have decided to return to the prep school in order to investigate the past summer's mysteries further, especially as someone is sending them creepy old pictures and GPS coordinates to abandoned houses near the Brookline Dorm. Dan is determined to explore these coordinates in order to end the torment once and for all.

They discover that the carnival from the photos is hosted on campus and that's just where the horrifying story begins.Catacomb (2015) Dan and his friends, Abby and Jordan, decided to take a road trip the summer after senior year. On their way to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans, the friends realize they're being followed and photographed. Dan begins to receive messages from someone who died last and the strange occurrences only escalate once they reach. Dan realizes that the disturbing events that have happened to him might not be coincidence, but fate. His past might be connected to a group called the Bone Artists, who are disturbingly interested in past killers. Dan just hopes he can make it out of this alive with his life. Books.

Asylum (2013). Sanctum (2014). Catacomb (2015). Escape From Asylum: An Asylum Prequel (2016)= Novellas. The Scarlets (2014). The Bone Artists (2015). The Warden (2016)Character List.

Daniel Crawford: Sixteen-year-old boy who goes to study History at the New Hampshire College Prep for the summer. He's quiet, studious, thoughtful, and curious. He suffers from a mild form of and is connected to the history of Brookline Asylum. Abby Valdez: A girl Dan's age who is studying Art at the New Hampshire College Prep for the summer. She's described as being 'petite, with large brown eyes and creamy olive skin'. She is Dan's love interest. Jordan: A guy Abby and Dan's age who Abby meets on the ride to campus.

He's described as having 'broody hair and broody face and cool, broody clothes'. Felix Sheridan: Dan's roommate at Brookline. He's described as 'a lanky teenager.dressed like a door-to-door missionary in a starched white shirt, dark tie, and pleated trousers.' . The Warden (Daniel Crawford): He was the warden at Brookline when it was an asylum. His experiments focused on immortality and he was focused on spreading his 'legacy'. Dennis Heimline: Previous patient of Brookline Asylum who was a serial killer called the 'Sculptor' because he posed his victims with ropes and wires.

He was 'cured' then disappeared after the asylum was shut down.Reception gave the first and second books in the series three stars each, writing of the second book that 'Genre fans will have a good time with zombie novelist Madeleine Roux's fast-paced, spooky narrative.' References.