The Tortoise And The Hare
$48.68
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2011
Summary
In affairs of the heart, the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair.
Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged, and ungainly—the very opposite of Imogen—seems to be vying for Evelyn’s attention. And to Imogen’s increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding.
“A subtle and beautiful book… Very few authors combine he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844087471 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844087476 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Jenkins, Hilary Mantel, Rose Robinson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 416g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 132mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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“Subtle and beautiful … Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style.”
A subtle and beautiful book … Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice? - Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
A subtle and beautiful book … Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice? - Hilary Mantel, Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Elizabeth Jenkins
Elizabeth Jenkins (1905-2010) was a distinguished biographer (of Jane Austen, Lady Caroline Lamb and Elizabeth I), historian and novelist. She 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.
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