Victorian Psycho

De: Virginia Feito

Narrado por: Anna Burnett

SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MARGARET QUALLEY AND THOMASIN MCKENZIE

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by Oprah Daily, Reader's Digest, Polygon, and Paste

“Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh out loud funny, Victorian Psycho speaks profoundly of horror both within and without us.”—Catriona Ward

From the acclaimed author of Mrs. March comes the riveting tale of a bloodthirsty governess who learns the true meaning of vengeance.

Virginia Feito’s Mrs. March was hailed as “a brilliant debut … [by] a writer who keeps pace with the grandees she invokes” (Sarah Ditum, Guardian)—from Daphne Du Maurier and Shirley Jackson to Patricia Highsmith. Now, Feito returns with her “silver-polish sentences and her eerie psychological acumen” (Constance Grady, Vox) to unleash an entirely new antihero on us all.

Grim Wolds, England: Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s dreary confines come with an intimate knowledge of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family—Mr. Pounds can’t keep his eyes off Winifred’s chest, and Mrs. Pounds takes a sickly pleasure in punishing Winifred for her husband’s wandering gaze. Compounded with her disdain for the entitled Pounds children, Winifred finds herself struggling at every turn to stifle the violent compulsions of her past. French tutoring and needlework are one way to pass the time, as is admiring the ugly portraits in the gallery … and creeping across the moonlit lawns. …

Patience. Winifred must have patience, for Christmas is coming, and she has very special gifts planned for the dear souls of Ensor House. Brimming with sardonic wit and culminating in a shocking conclusion, Victorian Psycho plunges listeners into the chilling mind of an iconic new literary psychopath.

©2025 Virginia Feito (P)2025 Recorded Books

Psycho

Beautifully written: Short, sweet, enraged, unhinged … Very unhinged woman. She hallucinates a lot. She has letters that her father wrote to her mother and I think that is what sets her off to be honest . You’ll find out who her father is later in the book. The massacre that happens later .

Gruesome gothic humor

The psychopathic character was depicted realistically. Not a caring bone in her body. Her humor made me laugh out loud.

Wicked

Wicked and wonderful. It is so funny and dark, I can't wait for the film adaptation!

Great fun

I wanted it to be longer! Compelling, albeit grisly,portrayal of a lower-class governess’s revenge upon an upper-class Victorian family. Told from her point of view, the narrator is wryly descriptive and hilariously droll.

Very dark, but some good dry wit.

It certainly was an unusual story. At times it made me laugh out loud but most the time it was pretty gross.
The satire did not escape me with all the weirdness of the Victorian age.