When Does "The Upstairs House" (2021) Take Place?
"The Upstairs House" is a horror novel written by Julia Fine and released February 23rd, 2021.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because Megan Weiler's story in 'the present' is clearly labeled by a time setting header at chapter one of Part I as "October 2017". There appears to be no way to confirm this date with context.
2017 AD
We know this because Megan Weiler's story in 'the present' is clearly labeled by a time setting header at chapter one of Part I as "October 2017". There appears to be no way to confirm this date with context.
Additionally, flashback chapters about the real-world children's author Margaret Wise Brown are often also labeled first as "November 1950" at the start of the prologue with a time setting header. Then, in "Part II", one has "November 1941" above it. Later, "February 1942", "June 1942", "September 1942", "October 1947".
So the reader is brought from 1941 AD to 1942 AD and then to 1947 AD. Finally, the time setting headers tell us we're again in 1950 AD with one that says "January 1950". These chapters detail Brown's lesbian relationship with the real-world actress Blanche Oelrichs a.k.a. Michael Strange, which lasted from 1940 AD to 1950 AD according to one of Brown's biographers.
