In a provincial English town, young ladies of marriageable age languish. Delicate creatures: slender wrists, pale faces, impeccable manners. To their misfortune, there is no one to marry there. Then a wealthy heir arrives at a neighboring estate and announces his search for a bride. But on one condition: the chosen one must pass a special test, spending the night in his castle on a bed made of a dozen mattresses...

Flor Vesco is a master of stylization. Masterfully blending fairy tale plots, she explores the unconscious. 'Gold, Featherbed, and Night Devilry' is a fairy tale for adults that is impossible to put down.