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Vita Sackville-West - All Passion Spent, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

All Passion Spent

Av Vita Sackville-West

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A charming extraordinary early 20th century novel about family relationships.When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children. But Lady Slane surprises everyone by escaping to a rented house in Hampstead where she revels in her new freedom, revives youthful ambitions and gathers some very unsuitable companions. Irreverent, entertaining and insightful, this is a tale of the unexpected joys of growing older.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOANNA LUMLEY
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2016-03-24
  • Mått: 129 x 197 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 130 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Vintage Classics
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Förlag: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781784870553
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Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively. They had an unconventional marriage, and troughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women. She wrote novels, non-fiction, and poetry, including The Land (1926), which won the Hawthorden Prize.

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All Passion Spent tells the marvellously cheering story of how, in widowhood, a conventional woman is finally able to defy her family

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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 3.5/5

  1. 3/5 Susanne T

    Intressant men också frustrerande. Lite svår engelska. Väcker tankar, behöver smältas ett tag

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  2. 4/5 Bernhard G Verifierat köp

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