An Impossible Marriage by Pamela Hansford Johnson
Rediscover a classic gem in this sparkling and satirical tale of a love affair most ill-advised by Pamela Hansford Johnson.
As her work reappears, another missing jigsaw piece is replaced * Independent *
A story so vivid it might be the memoir of a real person * Britannia and Eve *
A remarkable craftswoman -- AS. Byatt, author of POSSESSION
Hansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm Bradbury -- Ruth Rendell
A writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept alive -- Jonathan Coe, author of THE HOUSE OF SLEEP
A story so vivid it might be the memoir of a real person * Britannia and Eve *
A remarkable craftswoman -- AS. Byatt, author of POSSESSION
Hansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm Bradbury -- Ruth Rendell
A writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept alive -- Jonathan Coe, author of THE HOUSE OF SLEEP
Pamela Hansford Johnson was born in 1912. As a novelist, she gained recognition with her first novel, This Bed Thy Centre, published in 1935. She then went on to write 26 more novels throughout her life, ranging in genre from romantic and high comedy to tragedy, and the psychological study of cruelty, with themes centred around the moral responsibility of the individual in their personal and social relations. She was also a well-respected critic, a leading Proustian scholar, an essayist, a playwright, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a CBE. She died in 1981.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473679801 |
| ISBN 10 | 147367980X |
| Title | An Impossible Marriage |
| Author | Pamela Hansford Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2018-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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