Angel by Elizabeth Taylor

Angel by Elizabeth Taylor

A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century

Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all * Anne Tyler *
One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century * Antonia Fraser *
I envy those readers who are coming to her work for the first timeTheirs will be an unexpected pleasure * Paul Bailey *
Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning point in one's own experience * Elizabeth Bowen *
Elizabeth Taylor's tender, funny, exquisitely stylish novel keeps us on Angel's side, even though we are appalled by her narcissism and shocked into laughter by her self-delusion. She is a monster, but a delicious monster, and the novel poses, for writers, questions that don't date. That's why I'm so drawn to the book and have loved it for years; there's a bit of Angel in every writer, I fear. * Daily Telegraph *

Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.

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ISBN 13	9781844083077
ISBN 10	1844083071
Title	Angel
Author	Elizabeth Taylor
Series	Virago Modern Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2006-04-06
Number of pages	336
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