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Hester Lilly (Virago Modern Classics)
Elizabeth Taylor
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Description for Hester Lilly (Virago Modern Classics)
Paperback. A collection of short stories about the downside of civilization where the reader will encounter long marriages, the polite English countryside, missed opportunities and a child's view of the adult world. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
The title story shows a headmaster's elegant wife suffering torments of jealousy when his gawky young cousin comes to live with them. Why is it that her sophistication seems unable to compete with Hester's naivety? Elsewhere we see the mute agonies of a long marriage; the emotional deserts lurking in the English countryside; and old ruffian's sense of suffocation in a genteel community for the blind; or the freshness and oddity of children's perceptions. In this, her first collection of short stories, Elizabeth Taylor charts the territory she so triumphantly claimed as her own.
The title story shows a headmaster's elegant wife suffering torments of jealousy when his gawky young cousin comes to live with them. Why is it that her sophistication seems unable to compete with Hester's naivety? Elsewhere we see the mute agonies of a long marriage; the emotional deserts lurking in the English countryside; and old ruffian's sense of suffocation in a genteel community for the blind; or the freshness and oddity of children's perceptions. In this, her first collection of short stories, Elizabeth Taylor charts the territory she so triumphantly claimed as her own.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
VMC
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860686125
SKU
KKD0002128
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, ... Read more
Reviews for Hester Lilly (Virago Modern Classics)
A wonderful novelist
Jilly Cooper
How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart
Jonathan Keates
An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant
even the humdrum becomes astonishing
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Brilliantly amusing
Rosamond Lehmann
Jilly Cooper
How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart
Jonathan Keates
An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant
even the humdrum becomes astonishing
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Brilliantly amusing
Rosamond Lehmann