{"product_id":"the-last-september-the-death-elizabeth-bowen-9798217008223","title":"The Last September, the Death of the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn one hardcover volume--the two most popular novels by one of the greatest twentieth-century novelists, whose psychologically rich stories of lost innocence combine sharp humor with a devastating gift for exposing hidden motivations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last September \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of a young woman's coming of age in a brutalized time and place, where the ordinariness of life is shadowed by the impending doom of history. In 1920, at their country home in County Cork, young Lois's guardian, Sir Richard Naylor, and his family and friends stubbornly carry on with their tennis parties and dances, all while knowing that British rule in Ireland--and with it, their privileged way of life--is about to end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Heart, \u003c\/i\u003eperhaps Bowen's masterpiece, is a devastating story of adolescent love and the betrayal of innocence. When orphaned sixteen-year-old Portia arrives in London and falls for an attractive and carefree cad, their entanglement threatens to shatter the carefully built illusions of everyone in their politely treacherous social world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Bowen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217008223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Elizabeth Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447553765631,"sku":"9798217008223","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a97e3cad-d209-4400-9e9e-aa2b6f600f6b.jpg?v=1777233460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-september-the-death-elizabeth-bowen-9798217008223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}