The Tortoise And The Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

The Tortoise And The Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY HILARY MANTEL '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 *
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 *
As smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream * Hilary Mantel *
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 *

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	Non disponible
ISBN 13	9781844084944
ISBN 10	1844084949
Titre	The Tortoise And The Hare
Auteur	Elizabeth Jenkins
Série	Virago Modern Classics
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Little, Brown Book Group
Année de publication	1983-02-07
Nombre de pages	288
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