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The Shrimp and the Anemone
Hartley. L. P.
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Description for The Shrimp and the Anemone
Paperback. An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
There is a delicious irony and humour in this Jamesian story about Eustace and Hilda, an Edwardian brother and sister, with its famous opening scene as nine-year-old Eustace watches an anemone devour a shrimp in a tidepool among the rocks on a Norfolk beach during the summer holidays. A shadow begins to be cast over the children's innocent conversations and gaucherie, revealing their anxieties about themselves, and the constraints of their cosseted lives, as the outside world - of other children, dancing lessons, adults, illness, funerals, money, excursions in landaus, future schools - impinges in Eustace and Hilda's intimacies and ... Read more
There is a delicious irony and humour in this Jamesian story about Eustace and Hilda, an Edwardian brother and sister, with its famous opening scene as nine-year-old Eustace watches an anemone devour a shrimp in a tidepool among the rocks on a Norfolk beach during the summer holidays. A shadow begins to be cast over the children's innocent conversations and gaucherie, revealing their anxieties about themselves, and the constraints of their cosseted lives, as the outside world - of other children, dancing lessons, adults, illness, funerals, money, excursions in landaus, future schools - impinges in Eustace and Hilda's intimacies and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
FF Classics
Condition
New
Weight
153g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571203826
SKU
V9780571203826
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