Angel
A Virago Modern Classic
$35.00
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2006
Summary
INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL
Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah Waters
Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise H…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083077 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083071 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Taylor, Hilary Mantel |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all - Anne Tyler
One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century - Antonia FraserI envy those readers who are coming to her work for the first time. Theirs will be an unexpected pleasure - Paul BaileyHer stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning point in one’s own experience - Elizabeth BowenAbout The Author
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote’s, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children’s book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar.
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