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A World of Love (Penguin Twentirth-Century Classics) - Elizabeth Bowen
A World of Love (Penguin Twentirth-Century Classics)
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ISBN: 9780140182965 (0140182969)
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Novels, European Literature, British Literature, Cultural, Literary Fiction, Ireland
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Lagraziana's Kalliopeion
Lagraziana's Kalliopeion rated it
3.5 Three Irish Women Between Past, Present and Future: A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
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Abridged version of my review posted on Edith’s Miscellany on 18 October 2013 In her 1955 novel A World of Love the Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen evokes the atmosphere of a decayed rural manor in County Cork, Ireland, in the early 1950s to tell the story of Antonia Montefort, Lilia Danby and ...
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ReaderMarija's Reviews
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Elizabeth Bowen has somehow managed to portray stasis as an art form. In a book where mere suggestion alone can result in so much soul searching and change is truly amazing. Yet her story is told beautifully and not only that, but there are some wonderfully bleak moments thrown in as well. The endin...
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