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A classic, whose resonance deepens inside the reader in proportion to its austere, luminous discretion. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy. As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals, The Times Literary SupplementA spellbinding piece of historical fiction-spare, luminous. . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page, The Sunday TimesA magnificent recreation of the life of a medieval convent, The Daily Telegraph Biografía del autor Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.
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- ISBN13 9780241454817
- ISBN10 0241454816
- Pages 400
- Published 2020
- Language English
The Corner That Held Them (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Author Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Publisher ALLEN LANE
- ISBN 9780241454817
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