Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling than family: witchcraft.-
Metamorphosis
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White Nights
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The Nutcracker
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The Lottery
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The Library of Babel
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Of Mice and Men
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Letters to a Young Poet
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The Fall
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The Masque of the Red Death
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Snow Country
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The Prophet
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Chess
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Lady Susan
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The Imitation of the Rose
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Dream Story
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A Spy In The House Of Love
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The Enchanted April
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The Cossacks
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Big Blonde
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Cosmicomics
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About Love
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
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Of Ghosts and Goblins
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Passing
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The Star-Child
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Hell Screen
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Babette's Feast
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My Friend Maigret
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The Awakening
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
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Reginald's Christmas Revel
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Street Haunting
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The Gift of the Magi
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Territory of Light
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Summer
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The Snow Queen
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Death in Midsummer
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The Queen Of Spades
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Nabokov's Dozen
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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Bliss
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Moonlight
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Shooting an Elephant
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Calypso in London
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Babylon Revisited
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Bonjour Tristesse
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The Corner That Held Them
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Winter in the Air
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Summer Will Show
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The Flint Anchor
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Mr Fortune's Maggot
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The True Heart
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After the Death of Don Juan
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Selected Poems
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Kingdoms of Elfin
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The Music At Long Verney
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The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner
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A Stranger With a Bag
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Twelve Poems
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Lolly Willowes or, the loving huntsman
The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever is Lolly Willowes . . Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness -- Helen Macdonald * The New York Times Book Review *
A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul -- Justine Jordan * Guardian *
My comfort read -- Tracey Thorn
A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul -- Justine Jordan * Guardian *
My comfort read -- Tracey Thorn
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241573785 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241573785 |
| Title | Lolly Willowes |
| Author | Sylvia Townsend Warner |
| Series | Little Clothbound Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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