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The Tortoise and the Hare
Elizabeth Jenkins
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Description for The Tortoise and the Hare
Paperback. * This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. * 'One of my favourite classics' Carmen Callil Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY HILARY MANTEL
'The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit' AMANDA CRAIG, GUARDIAN
'Wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it' JILLY COOPER
'A subtle and beautiful book . . . Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style' HILARY MANTEL, SUNDAY TIMES
Imogen, the beautiful wife of barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, tweedy, middle-aged and ungainly - the very opposite of Imogen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844084944
SKU
V9781844084944
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About Elizabeth Jenkins
Elizabeth Jenkins is the distinguished biographer (of Jane Austen, Lady Caroline Lamb and Elizabeth I). She was also a historian and novelist who was awarded the OBE in 1981. The Tortoise and the Hare, her sixth novel, was first published in 1953, and is generally considered her greatest work of fiction.
Reviews for The Tortoise and the Hare
As smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream
Hilary Mantel
Sunday Times
The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit
Amanda Craig
Guardian
My best book of almost all time is The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins . . . wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and ... Read more
Hilary Mantel
Sunday Times
The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit
Amanda Craig
Guardian
My best book of almost all time is The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins . . . wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and ... Read more