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Angel - Elizabeth Taylor, Hilary Mantel
Angel
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Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year-old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House. After reading The Lady... show more
Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year-old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House. After reading The Lady Irania, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are certain the novel will be a success, in spite of—and perhaps because of—its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have written such a book.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781844083077 (1844083071)
Publisher: Virago UK
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
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Nicole~
Nicole~ rated it
In A Room of One's Own (1928), Virginia Woolf described the emerging woman writer of the 20th century as theoretically confined to writing in her drawing-room - sometimes secretively, hampered literarily by patriarchy and hindered creatively by her inexperience of the world. Elizabeth Taylor( 1912-1...
ReaderMarija's Reviews
ReaderMarija's Reviews rated it
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Willful and stubborn, the kind of girl who only sees what she wants to see and does what she wants to do no matter what anyone else says—that’s Angel. On the whole, I really liked her. Taylor portrays her in such a way that no matter which path Angel chooses, it perfectly suits her character. Her ch...
TeaPartyPrincess
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5.0 Angel (Virago Modern Classics)
Angel is one of my favourite characters of all time. She is so unashamedly selfish that it's almost endearing.
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