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To the North
Elizabeth Bowen
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Description for To the North
paperback. Cecilia, capricious and unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Cecilia, capricious and unable to love, inches reluctantly towards a second marriage to the kind, passionless Julian Tower. Meanwhile, her sister-in-law, Emmeline, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Markie's appearance disrupts the lives of both women, but in the pain of misunderstanding, it is Emmeline who reveals her vulnerability in a violent and tragic act.
Reissued alongside The Hotel and The Little Girls
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287766
SKU
9780099287766
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and land-owner. She travelled a great deal, dividing most of her time between London and Bowen's Court, the family house in County Cork which she inherited. Her first book, a collection of shorts stories, Encounters, was published in 1923. The Hotel (1926) was her first ... Read more
Reviews for To the North
To the North and The Death of the Heart are among the finest novels of her generation
V.S. Pritchett A lavishness of imagination is brought to bear upon small moments, and the writing is of such intensity that a character is revealed in one expression, a way of life disclosed in a single scene
Peter Ackroyd
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V.S. Pritchett A lavishness of imagination is brought to bear upon small moments, and the writing is of such intensity that a character is revealed in one expression, a way of life disclosed in a single scene
Peter Ackroyd
Sunday ... Read more