History Literature / TheOther

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Niles is either possessed by the spirit of the dead Holland, or he developed a split personality after the trauma of seeing his twin brother die.]]

* EvilTwin: Invoked with Holland, who's a cruel, mean-spirited prankster in comparison to Niles.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Niles is either possessed by the spirit of the dead Holland, or he developed a split personality after the trauma of seeing his twin brother die. She fails, due to "Holland" cutting the padlock to the cellar earlier.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Ada, realizing what a monster her grandson has become, tries to kill both him and herself by setting fire to their cellar hideaway.]]

%%* AstralProjection: The "game" that Ada teaches Niles.
%%* EvilTwin: Holland Perry. [[spoiler: Arguably Niles as well, if you think that all the killing/cruelty was him acting out of his own volition.]]

%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Russell's fate.]]
%%* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Ada tries to do this to Niles after she finally realizes how far he's gone. Niles ultimately escapes, however.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Niles is either possessed by the spirit of the dead Holland, or he developed a split personality after the trauma of seeing his twin brother die.]]
%%* PeopleJars: Holland and Niles see one at a circus freakshow on the 4th of July.

%%* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: It's difficult to talk about Holland without revealing his true nature.]]

* AstralProjection: The "game" that Ada teaches Niles.
* EvilTwin: Holland Perry. [[spoiler: Arguably Niles as well, if you think that all the killing/cruelty was him acting out of his own volition.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Russell's fate.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Ada tries to do this to Niles after she finally realizes how far he's gone. Niles ultimately escapes, however.]]

* PeopleJars: Holland and Niles see one at a circus freakshow on the 4th of July. [[spoiler: Holland!Niles ends up doing this to Torrie's baby at the end, pickling her in a keg of wine.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: It's difficult to talk about Holland without revealing his true nature.]]

Not to be confused with ''Literature/{{Others}}'', or ''Film/TheOthers''.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: It's difficult to talk about Holland without revealing his true nature.]]

Dark clouds lie over the house, however; a strange accident killed the twins' father last May, their mother has been rendered agoraphobic, and an incident involving a cat has resulted in the family's well being sealed off. Holland, meanwhile, has begun to develop a shocking mean-streak which only gets more and more dangerous as time goes on...

''The Other'' is the 1971 debut horror/suspense novel of actor Thomas Tryon, about a kid with an EvilTwin.

In 1935, twin brothers Niles and Holland Perry live in a huge, loving household at Pequot's Landing, Connecticut, where their extended family provides them with companionship during a long, boring summer. AdorablyPrecociousChild Niles helps around the house and seeks lessons from his grandmother, Ada, on "the Game"; a form of AstralProjection where Niles projects his personality onto a bird, or a fish, or a tree, and gets a feel for how those animals and objects interact with the world. Meanwhile, Holland plays a series of mean-spirited pranks around the household.

Twin brothers, Niles and Holland Perry, lives in a huge, loving household at Pequot's Landing, Connecticut, where his extended family provides him with companionship during a long, boring summer. AdorablyPrecociousChild Niles Perry helps around the house and seeks lessons from his grandmother, Ada, on "the Game"; a form of AstralProjection where Niles projects his personality onto a bird, or a fish, or a tree, and gets a feel for how those animals and objects interact with the world. Meanwhile, Holland plays a series of mean-spirited pranks around the household.

Dark clouds lie over the house, however; a strange accident killed the twins's father last May, their mother has been rendered agoraphobic, and an incident involving a cat has resulted in the family's well being sealed off. Holland, meanwhile, has begun to develop a shocking mean-streak, a streak that only gets more and more dangerous as time goes on...

''The Other'' is the 1971 debut horror/suspense novel of actor Thomas Tryon, about a kid with an EvilTwin .

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheOthers''.

''The Other'' is the 1971 debut horror/suspense novel of actor Thomas Tryon, about a kid with an EvilTwin

Not to be confused with Film/TheOthers.

!''The Other'' contains examples of the following tropes:

Not to be confused with [[Film/TheOthers]].

Not to be confused with {{Film/TheOthers}}.

Twin brothers, Niles and Holland Perry, lives in a huge, loving household at Pequot's Landing, Connecticut, where his extended family provides him with companionship during a long, boring summer. AdorablyPrecociousChild Niles Perry helps around the house and seeks lessons from his grandmother, Ada, on "the Game"; a form of AstralProjection where Niles projects his personality onto a bird, or a fish, or a tree, and gets a feel for how those animals and objects interact with the world.