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The Tortoise and the Hare (Vmc Designer Collection)
Elizabeth Jenkins
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Description for The Tortoise and the Hare (Vmc Designer Collection)
Hardcover. * This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. * 'One of my favourite classics' Carmen Callil Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374.
INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER BY TEXTILE DESIGNER FLORENCE BROADHURST
'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 - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virago UK
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
VMC Designer Collection
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844087471
SKU
V9781844087471
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Ref
99-98
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 (Vmc Designer Collection)
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