Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple (English) Paperback Book

Description: Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple, Nina Bawden Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Presents an ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage. Publisher Description A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love commented the "Spectator" about this 1953 novel by Dorothy Whipple, which was ignored fifty years ago because editors are going mad for action and passion (as she was told by her publisher). But this last novel by a writer whose books had previously been bestsellers is outstandingly good by any standards. Apparently a fairly ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage (Nina Bawden in the Preface) yet it makes compulsive reading in its description of an ordinary family (Ellen was that unfashionable creature, a happy housewife) struck by disaster when the husband, in a moment of weak, mid-life vanity, runs off with a French girl.Dorothy Whipple is a superb stylist, with a calm intelligence in the tradition of Mrs Gaskell (both wrote in the "Midlands" and had similar preoccupations). The prose is simple, the psychology spot on said the "Telegraph", and John Sandoe Books commented: We have all delighted in this unjustly forgotten novel; it is well written and compelling. Author Biography Born in 1893, DOROTHY WHIPPLE (nee Stirrup) had an intensely happy childhood in Blackburn as part of the large family of a local architect. Her close friend George Owen having been killed in the first week of the war, for three years she worked as secretary to Henry Whipple, an educational administrator who was a widower twenty-four years her senior and whom she married in 1917. Their life was mostly spent in Nottingham; here she wrote Young Anne (1927), the first of nine extremely successful novels which included Greenbanks (1932) and The Priory (1939). Almost all her books were Book Society Choices or Recommendations and two of them, They Knew Mr Knight (1934) and They were Sisters (1943), were made into films. She also wrote short stories and two volumes of memoirs. Someone at a Distance (1953) was her last novel. Returning in her last years to Blackburn, Dorothy Whipple died there in 1966. Details ISBN 1906462003 ISBN-13 9781906462000 Title Someone at a Distance Author Dorothy Whipple, Nina Bawden Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 432 Publisher Persephone Books Ltd GE_Item_ID:14688003; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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