This ambitious novel, covering the life of an exceptional woman from her Victorian childhood until after the Second World War, is an attempt, in the author's own words, 'to lay bare historical change not just at the surface, but in its roots.' Seduced when young, Tabitha leads a terrible existence until she is taken up by Sturge, a wealthy patron of art, and becomes a famous hostess of the 'Yellow Book' period, loved by artists and writers alike. Her second marriage to Sir James Gollan, an old industrialist, who instead of ...
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This ambitious novel, covering the life of an exceptional woman from her Victorian childhood until after the Second World War, is an attempt, in the author's own words, 'to lay bare historical change not just at the surface, but in its roots.' Seduced when young, Tabitha leads a terrible existence until she is taken up by Sturge, a wealthy patron of art, and becomes a famous hostess of the 'Yellow Book' period, loved by artists and writers alike. Her second marriage to Sir James Gollan, an old industrialist, who instead of retiring becomes an important national figure in the First World War, completely changes her life once again. The novel, in fact, is full of change, for every decade emerges in an immediate and living manner as the setting against which the absorbing lives of the heroine and those about her are described. 'It is a very good novel, I think it may be a great novel ...sensitivity to human relationships and a sense of form which we have missed since E M Forster grew silent' - "News Chronicle".
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Seller's Description:
Very good in Good jacket. VGC/GC. Readers Union, 1951. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of the cover) in VGC, with Dj(large tear on the edge of the front Dj cover, small nicks, scratches and creases on the Dj cover) in GC. Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks, nicks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, some creases, nicks and foxing marks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.384pp.
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A hardback volume in Good condition, spine substantially faded, interior clean and bright. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own). Are you outside UK? Then unless you arrange shipping 'Via Alibris' we WILL cancel your order; this is due to the derisory shipping allowance that Alibris make to sellers for overseas orders.
