The Tortoise And The Hare
The Tortoise And The Hare
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Summary
This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. 'One of my favourite classics' CARMEN CALLIL, VIRAGO FOUNDER
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The Tortoise And The Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL WITH A BEAUTIFUL COVER BY TEXTILE DESIGNER FLORENCE BROADHURST 'The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit' AMANDA CRAIG, GUARDIAN 'Wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it' JILLY COOPER 'A subtle and beautiful book . . . Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style' HILARY MANTEL, SUNDAY TIMES Imogen, the beautiful wife of barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, tweedy, middle-aged and ungainly - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding - for in affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair.
As smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream -- Hilary Mantel * Sunday Times *
The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit -- Amanda Craig * Guardian *
My best book of almost all time is The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins. . wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it -- Jilly Cooper
One of my favourite classics. Elegant and ironic, its continuing charm lies in its quirky and enigmatic love story which becomes more beguiling with each re-reading -- Carmen Callil
Deliciously subtle . . . A lost world of tweeds and twin-sets . . . a classic novel of the fifties * Daily Mail *
A subtle and beautiful book ... Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice? * Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times *
The perfection of its tone and prose is matched by an anguished wit -- Amanda Craig * Guardian *
My best book of almost all time is The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins. . wonderfully sinister, so enchantingly written and so sad. Everyone should read it -- Jilly Cooper
One of my favourite classics. Elegant and ironic, its continuing charm lies in its quirky and enigmatic love story which becomes more beguiling with each re-reading -- Carmen Callil
Deliciously subtle . . . A lost world of tweeds and twin-sets . . . a classic novel of the fifties * Daily Mail *
A subtle and beautiful book ... Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice? * Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times *
Elizabeth Jenkins is the distinguished biographer (of Jane Austen, Lady Caroline Lamb and Elizabeth I). She was also a historian and novelist who was awarded the OBE in 1981. The Tortoise and the Hare, her sixth novel, was first published in 1953, and is generally considered her greatest work of fiction.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844087471 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844087476 |
| Title | The Tortoise And The Hare |
| Author | Elizabeth Jenkins |
| Series | Vmc |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |