'Ophelia' is the first of the three novels of 'The Triple Goddess [a simply divine comedy]', the second and third being 'Arbella' and 'Gloria'. The three books comprising 'The Triple Goddess' differ widely in plot, but share themes of good and evil, love, ancient myth and history, death-life-birth-rebirth, and the nature of Time. The tales are filled with magic and fantastical invention, and "stories within the story" in the manner of 'The Arabian Nights'. In 'Ophelia', a devil woman is forced out of her London practice by competition from younger devils. Moving to the rural depths, she buys a village and sets herself up as Lady of the Manor, attended by her demon manservant and a renegade priest. But Ophelia, the arresting and distracted middle-aged curate, and her confidante, the brash and domineering Effie, are determined to resist the intrusion...
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