To the North by Bowen, Elizabeth

To the North (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400096558)

Vendor: Elizabeth Bowen
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Format: Paperback
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To the North by Bowen, Elizabeth

To the North

$16.00
To the North by Bowen, Elizabeth

To the North

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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A young woman's secret love affair leads to a violent and tragic act in one of Elizabeth Bowen's most acclaimed novels. To the North centers on two young women in 1920s London, the recently widowed Cecilia Summers and her late husband's sister, Emmeline. Drawn to each other in the wake of their loss, the two set up house together and gradually become more entwined than they know.

But the comfortable refuge they have made is "a house built on sand"; both realize it cannot last. While Cecilia, capricious and unsure if she can really love anyone, moves reluctantly toward a second marriage, Emmeline, a gentle and independent soul, is surprised to find the calm tenor of her life disturbed for the first time by her attraction to the predatory Mark Linkwater. Bowen's psychological acuity is on full display in a conclusion that plumbs the depths of this seemingly detached young woman in a single, life-shattering moment.

Author: Elizabeth Bowen
ISBN-10: 1400096553
ISBN-13: 9781400096558
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2006
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.28w x 0.70d
By Elizabeth Bowen
By Elizabeth Bowen
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Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899. She wrote many acclaimed short stories and novels, including The Heat of the Day, The Death of the Heart, The Last September, and Eva Trout. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1948. She died in 1973.

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