Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
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Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns
Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Sophia is twenty-one years old, carries a newt -- Great Warty -- around in her pocket and marries -- in haste -- a young artist called Charles. Swept into bohemian London of the thirties, Sophia is ill-equipped to cope. Poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with the dismal, ageing art critic, Peregrine, and learns to repent her marriage -- and her affair -- at leisure. But in this case virtue is more than its own reward, for repentance brings an abrupt end to a life of unpaid bills, unsold pictures and unwashed crockery . . .
The characters seem to exist in a perpetual Mad Hatter's tea-party * KATE SAUNDERS *
This is a marvellous writer * GRAHAM GREENE *
All of her books read as if she wrote them effortlessly * URSULA HOLDEN *
This is a marvellous writer * GRAHAM GREENE *
All of her books read as if she wrote them effortlessly * URSULA HOLDEN *
Barbara Comyns was born in Warwickshire in 1909. She worked in advertising, dealt in old cars and antiques, bred poodles, and developed property. She and her second husband lived in Spain for eighteen years. Comyns died in 1992.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780860683537 |
| ISBN 10 | 0860683532 |
| Title | Our Spoons Came From Woolworths |
| Author | Barbara Comyns |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2000-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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