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The Virgin in the Garden
A S Byatt
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Description for The Virgin in the Garden
Paperback. A novel which combines enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy. It is a tale of a brilliant and eccentric family, fatefully divided. The author won the Booker Prize and the "Irish Times"/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize in 1990 for "Possession". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 462.
In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II’s arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires.
THE FIRST FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099478010
SKU
V9780099478010
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99-99
About A S Byatt
A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded ... Read more
Reviews for The Virgin in the Garden
Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas... A remarkable achievement
Iris Murdoch Comic, well plotted, immensely touching... Gaudy excitement and splendour
The Times
An ambitious novel [whose] narrative everywhere displays knowledge and intelligence
Times Literary Supplement
Iris Murdoch Comic, well plotted, immensely touching... Gaudy excitement and splendour
The Times
An ambitious novel [whose] narrative everywhere displays knowledge and intelligence
Times Literary Supplement