Power
The book "Power of Darkness" is an edition of twenty dark, mysterious stories. Each has its significance, perhaps in love, often in human terror and solitary endurance. From the love a man bears his dead wife and the misunderstanding that hinders his sight, to the strange country superstition that comes true, the writer displays the strange imagination that comes to deep human minds
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Around the world, teenage girls discover they can release powerful electric shocks from their hands, and so can almost any woman they wake. Four narrators trace the next decade of a flipped world.
Multiple novels share this title. The most commonly searched is The Power by Naomi Alderman (2016), a feminist speculative novel in which women develop the ability to electrocute. Edith Nesbit's earlier Power is unrelated.
Yes. Amazon Prime Video released a 2023 series adaptation of The Power, starring Toni Collette and John Leguizamo. The show was cancelled after one season.
Power is 94 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Power takes most readers 1 to 2 hours to finish.
Power is a standalone novel by Edith Nesbit, not part of a series.
Power is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
