Alias Grace is a novel of historical fiction by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Two servants of the Kinnear household, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were convicted of the crime. McDermott was hanged and Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although the novel is based on factual events, Atwood constructs a narrative with a fictional doctor, Simon Jordan, who researches the case. Although ostensibly conducting research into criminal behaviour, he slowly becomes personally involved in the story of Grace Marks and seeks to reconcile his perception of the mild-mannered woman he sees with the murder of which she has been convicted. Atwood first encountered the story of Grace Marks in Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush by Susanna Moodie.
About Alias Grace
Based on Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel of the same name, this Canadian-American mini-series focuses on Grace Marks, an immigrant and housemaid imprisoned, perhaps wrongly, for the the murder of her employer.
Achievement of Alias Grace
American Psycho director Mary Harron helmed the Sarah Polley written series. It premiered in September 2017 on CBC before being released internationally on Netflix.
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Novels set in the 1840s.. Novels by Margaret Atwood.. Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning works.. Novels set in Ontario.. Canadian historical novels.. McClelland & Stewart books.
Latest information about Alias Grace updated on July 28 2021.
