High Rising
In Angela Thirkell's first Barsetshire novel, she sets the plot pattern which will be played out in most of her later books. She also introduces us to specific characters as well as 'types' who will appear and reappear in changing relationships as the years go by. There is the middle-aged woman centrally involved in the events and activities around her; here, Laura Morland, a happily widowed author of very successful 'good bad books' (Thirkell herself?). A disappointed suitor and/or a brief, ill-conceived infatuation of younger man with older woman. There are at least two romances to work out, an older couple and a younger one with mild crise…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-55921-305-9
- EAN: 9781559213059
- Produktnummer: 9446226
- Verlag: Moyer Bell & Its Subsidiaries
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 235 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.4 cm x D1.8 cm 331 g
- Gewicht: 331
Über den Autor
Angela Thirkell, grand-daughter of pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, was born in London in 1890. She began writing novels in 1930 to support herself and her sons. She produced a new book almost every year for the rest of her life. Her stylish prose and deft portrayal of human comedy in the imaginary county of Barsetshire have delighted readers for decades. She died in 1961 aged 70.
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