At Mrs Lippincote's
$33.94
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2006
Summary
The debut novel from Elizabeth Taylor - shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Mrs Lippincote’s house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder of all the certainties that have vanished with the advent of war. Temporarily, this is home for Julia, who has joined her husband Roddy at the behest of the RAF. Although she can accept the pomposities of service life, Julia’s honesty and sense of humour prevent her from taking her role as seriousl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083091 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083098 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Taylor, Valerie Martin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Taylor is one of the hidden treasures of the English novel– Philip Hensher , Daily Telegraph
Witty, hilarious, astringent, devastating - her impeccable style can do anything and with such seemingly effortless ease
Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depthAlways intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person’s dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail - the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic lifeHer best novels - At Mrs. Lippincote’s (1945), A View of the Harbour (1947), A Game of Hide and Seek (1951) - are, in spite of their prim titles, funny, savage and full of loneliness and suppressed emotion. For her characters, as for their author, propriety is a survival mechanism, a way of keeping the show on the road - GuardianTaylor is one of the hidden treasures of the English novel - Daily TelegraphAlways intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person’s dangerous housewifeAbout 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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