Sylvia Townsend Warner The Corner That Held Them (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Corner That Held ThemCondition: NewISBN-10: 0241454816EAN: 9780241454817ISBN: 9780241454817Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/28/2021Description: 'One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty' Sarah WatersThe nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.'As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement'Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page' Sunday Times'Magnificent' Philip Hensher, Daily TelegraphLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 258gAuthor: Sylvia Townsend WarnerGenre: FictionBook Series: Penguin Modern ClassicsTopic: Historical Fiction, Classic FictionRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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