When he is well enough to get out of bed, she forces him to begin writing a new novel titled Misery's Return, in which he brings the character back to life. When she reads the latest Misery novel and discovers that Misery dies at the end, she flies into a rage, revealing to Paul that nobody knows where he is and that she had never informed any kind of authority or his Agent that she had rescued him, effectively holding him prisoner in her secluded home.Īnnie forces Paul to burn the only copy of his new manuscript due to the profanity it contained. She is angered by the profanity in his new work, disturbing him, but apologizes.
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Out of gratitude, Paul lets her read his new manuscript. She offers to look after him until the telephone lines are re-connected and the local roads re-open following the blizzard. Annie claims to be his "number one fan" and talks at length about him and his novels. Paul regains consciousness and finds himself bedridden with broken legs and a dislocated shoulder. A nurse named Annie Wilkes finds him and brings him to her remote home.
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While traveling from Silver Creek, Colorado, to his home in New York City, Paul is caught in a blizzard and gets into an accident, rendering him unconscious. Wanting to focus on more serious stories, he writes a manuscript for a new novel that he hopes will launch his post- Misery career.
#Cathy bates series#
Famed novelist Paul Sheldon is the author of a successful series of Victorian romance novels featuring a character named Misery Chastain.