The Professor's House by Willa Cather - ISBN: 9781844083763
Paperback
Familiar comforts hide betrayal and loss in a professor’s life.

The Professor's House

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2006

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Summary

On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St Peter finds himself in the shabby study of his former home. Surrounded by the comforting, familiar sights of his past, he surveys his life and the people he has loved: his wife Lillian, his daughters and, above all, Tom Outland, his most outstanding student and once, his son-in-law to be. Enigmatic and courageous - and a tragic victim of the Great War - Tom has remained a source of inspiration to the professor. Bu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781844083763
ISBN-10:1844083764
Author:Willa Cather, A.S. Byatt
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:31 October 2006
Weight:176g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 20mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
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Critics Review

Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic – Helen Dunmore
She is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers * Observer *
A triumph – Hermione Lee
The book holds in majestic and mournful equipoise both the nobility of the civilizing instinct and the certainty of its frustration – Donald Lyons * The Criterion *

About The Author

Willa Cather

Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of this century.

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