Ladies of Lyndon

AvMargaret Kennedy

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Engelska, 2014

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Agatha is aware of an intensity, a powerful storm of emotion briefly awakened by a shortlived love affair with her cousin Gerald, that is entirely lacking from the successful marriage on which she is about to embark. Beautiful, young and carefully brought up, Agatha knows she is securing a perfect and luxurious future in marrying handsome John Clewer and becoming Mistress of Lyndon, and she soon becomes the perfect country house hostess. But when Gerald reappears and war in Europe disturbs the sheltered comfort of Lyndon forever, Agatha is once again haunted by the idea of a different life.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-08-07
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781448192052
Förlag:Vintage Publishing

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Margaret Kennedy was born in London in 1896 and read History at Somerville College, Oxford in 1915 (alongside Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain) where she began writing. In 1924, Kennedy’s second novel The Constant Nymph became a worldwide bestseller which she adapted into a hit West End play starring Noel Coward (three different star-studded film versions followed). Described as ‘superb’ by Elizabeth Bowen, Kennedy wrote fifteen further prize-winning novels including The Feast in 1950, as well as literary criticism and a biography of Jane Austen. She died in 1967.

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"This is an extraordinary debut - assured, wide-ranging and thoughtful" -- 4 stars Independent on Sunday "Her craftsmanship is superb" -- Elizabeth Bowen Tatler "Kennedy was immensely popular in her heyday" Washington Post "Miss Kennedy ... finds herself well to the front among novelists, men or women, of today" -- New York Times (1924)