<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 21616361 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Petals on the Wind (1980) </Td> </Tr> <P> Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V.C. Andrews . It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows . The novel is written in the first - person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger . It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014 . The book was extremely popular, selling over forty million copies world - wide . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (March 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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