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The Ante-room (Virago Modern Classics)
Kate O'Brien
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Description for The Ante-room (Virago Modern Classics)
paperback. 2003 printing. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal ... Read more
Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860688259
SKU
KSG0031519
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kate O'Brien
Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.
Reviews for The Ante-room (Virago Modern Classics)
A grave and beautiful story, exquisitely composed and cut to a jewel-like fineness
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A gem of a novel
TAMSIN HARGREAVES
DAILY TELEGRAPH
A gem of a novel
TAMSIN HARGREAVES