The Sweet Dove Died
By: Barbara Pym
3.91
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter over a Victorian flower book brings together Humphrey, an antiques dealer, his n…
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1. At Mrs Lippincote's
By: Valerie Martin , Elizabeth Taylor
3.82
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Mrs Lippincote's house, with its mahogany furniture and yellowing photographs, stands as a reminder… read more
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- literary fiction
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- 20th century
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"Oliver Davenant did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words."-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
"OLIVER DAVENANT did not merely read books. He snuffed them up, took breaths of them into his lungs, filled his eyes with the sight of the print and his head with the sound of words. Some emanation fr…"-Valerie Martin, At Mrs Lippincote's
2. The Stone Angel
By: Margaret Laurence , Adele Wiseman
3.77
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
The Stone Angel , The Diviners , and A Bird in the House are three of the five books in Margaret La… read more
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"Privacy is a privilege not granted to the aged or the young."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"Bless me or not, Lord, just as You please, for I'll not beg."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"Too bad to deprive them, but if a person doesn't look after herself in this world, no one else is likely to."-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
"I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't say I like it, or accept it, or believe it's for the best. I don't and never shall, not even if I'…"-Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel
3. The Provincial Lady in London
By: E.M. Delafield
3.96
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who liv… read more
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- british literature
- humor
- 20th century
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4. The Tortoise and the Hare
By: Hilary Mantel , Elizabeth Jenkins
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The magnetic Evelyn Gresham, 52, is a barrister of considerable distinction. He has everything life… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
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- 20th century
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- womens
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5. A Game of Hide and Seek
By: Elizabeth Taylor
3.80
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
During summer games of hide and seek Harriet falls in love with Vesey and his elusive, teasing ways… read more
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"We are complete in the womb itself, she thought in terror. We only unfold."-Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek
"Departure in the afternoon is depressing to those who are left. The day is so dominated by the one who has gone and, although only half-done, must be got through with that particular shadow lying ove…"-Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek
"Jealousy is the most absurd pain of all. How one resents it! To be made to suffer in public–the public indignity, the private pain. The shock of it lays dreadful waste in one’s soul; it discolors the…"-Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek
"If we do not alter with the times, the times yet alter us. We may stand perfectly still, but our surroundings shift round and we are not in the same relationship to them for long; just as a chameleon…"-Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek
6. Someone at a Distance
By: Dorothy Whipple
4.21
Format: 413 pages, Paperback
'A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love' commented the Spectato… read more
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- classics
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- 20th century
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"With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table."-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"But Mrs. Brockington, old, alone, almost crippled by rheumatism, had faith and courage. She had more. She had a warm serenity, and when Ellen was with her, she almost had it too. For goodness is catc…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"All those books, all those prayers and she had got nothing from them. When everything went well for her she had been able to pray, she couldn't now. There was such urgency in her present situation th…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
"A loved husband is the companion of companions, the supreme sharer, and a happy wife often sounds trivial when she is really sampling and enjoying their mutual and unique confidence. But in doing it,…"-Dorothy Whipple, Someone at a Distance
7. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
By: Elizabeth Taylor , Paul Bailey
4.00
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Librarian Note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here On a rainy Sunday in Januar… read more
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"Abrió el libro, pero ninguna página parecía ser lo bastante potente para borrar la soledad que sentía."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"La catastrofe de la vejez residía en no atreverse a ir a cualquier parte, en resignarse a perder la libertad"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"If you don't praise people just sometimes a little early on they die of despair, or turn into Hitlers, you know?"-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
"...pensaba en el amor y en sus espantosas desigualdades. Siempre hay alguien que ofrece la mejilla y otro que la besa."-Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
8. Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
By: Elizabeth Jane Howard
4.31
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
From Simon & Schuster, Elizabeth Jane Howard's Casting Off is the next chapter in the Cazalet Chron… read more
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"It is extraordinarily difficult not to hate someone when one feels powerless with them."-Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
"Ich meine, wenn uns etwas nicht gelingt, bleibt uns noch genügend Zeit, es noch mal zu versuchen."-Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
"Wenn du das Schreiben zu deinem Beruf machen willst, dann musst du anfangen, dich auf dein eigenes Urteil zu verlassen. Du darfst dir ruhig anhören, was andere davon halten, aber letztlich ist richti…"-Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
"The effort of trying to turn grief into regret, to live entirely on past nourishment, even to keep the sharper parts of nostalgia credible (he found himself beginning to doubt and struggle with the i…"-Elizabeth Jane Howard, Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles, #4)
9. The Home-Maker
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Although this novel first appeared in 1924, it deals in an amazingly contemporary manner with the p… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- novels
10. The Sweet Dove Died
By: Barbara Pym
3.91
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter over a Victorian flower book brings together Humphrey, an antiques dealer, his n… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- humor
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- contemporary
- 20th century
- womens
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11. In a Summer Season
By: Elizabeth Taylor
3.00
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
In a Summer Seasonis one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful cli… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- fiction
- womens
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12. Offshore
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
3.91
Format: 736 pages,
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a m… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
13. Good Behaviour
By: Molly Keane , Marian Keyes
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state… read more
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14. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)
By: Margery Allingham
3.99
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more
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16. The Slaves of Solitude
By: David Lodge , Patrick Hamilton
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
England in the middle of World War II, a war that seems fated to go on forever, a war that has beco… read more
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17. A Wreath of Roses
By: Elizabeth Taylor
3.90
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Spending the holiday with friends, as she has for many years, Camilla finds that their private abso… read more
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- 20th century
- womens
"For all civilisations are like elaborate campings-out, a complicated picnic in the face of nature's discomforts."-Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses
"It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting."-Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses
"—Durante años vivimos al galope —dijo Frances— y de pronto las dudas nos asaltan, el paisaje se ensombrece, nos sentimos perdidas y solas, y repentinamente tomamos conciencia de que tendremos que seg…"-Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses
"Intentos de registrar la vida misma, pensó, de inmortalizar alguna de las escenas efímeras de cada día, de pintar los objetos cotidianos con ternura e intimidad: el café sucio con sus espejos carcomi…"-Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses
18. Fraud
By: Anita Brookner
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the heart of Anita Brookner's new novel lies a double mystery: What has happened to Anna Durrant… read more
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19. Absolutely and Forever
By: Rose Tremain
3.90
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers… read more
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20. The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
By: Paula Byrne
4.05
Format: 686 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, intimate biography of English writer Barbara Pym. She was Pym to friends. Miss Pym … read more
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21. Agenzia A
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.77
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
Teiko e Kenichi Uhara, manager in un'agenzia pubblicitaria, si sono appena sposati. Subito dopo la … read more
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