The Sidmouth Letters
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Book Overview
Jane Austen's love life- long the subject of speculation- is finally, delightfully dealt with in the title story of this collection. Many of the other stories, like 'The Sidmouth Letters, ' bring together past and present- with sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing, often intensely moving results. With quiet elegance and devastating accuracy, Jane Gardam probes many and varied lives. We meet a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged, paying improbable tribute to a long exploited nanny; we await- with dread- a stranger to tea in an Engliish home; we witness the mercurial changes that take place in young love, and we watch as a bohemian, passionate past returns to tempt domestic bliss.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0349114080
ISBN13:9780349114088
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:Abacus (UK)
Length:147 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.9" x 7.6"
Customer Reviews
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Delightful set of short stories by Jane Gardam
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This little volume of short stories by Jane Gardam is great! I just finished it and will reread it almost immediately. The stories are so well-written and varied that they are like miniature jewels of many hues. There are a number of typos sprinkled throughout (which is a little surprising - I plan to write to the publisher about it - maybe they can make the corrections in the next printing). I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes well-written English literature. I plan to send copies to bibliophile friends as gifts.
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