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Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple, Nina Bawden (Paperback, 2008)

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'A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love' commented the Spectator about this 1953 novel by Dorothy Whipple, which was ignored fifty years ago because 'editors are going mad for action and passion' (as she was told by her publisher). But this last novel by a writer whose books had previously been bestsellers is outstandingly good by any standards. Apparently 'a fairly ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage' (Nina Bawden in the Preface) yet 'it makes compulsive reading' in its description of an ordinary family ('Ellen was that unfashionable creature, a happy housewife') struck by disaster when the husband, in a moment of weak, mid-life vanity, runs off with a French girl.Dorothy Whipple is a superb stylist, with a calm intelligence in the tradition of Mrs Gaskell (both wrote in the Midlands and had similar preoccupations). 'The prose is simple, the psychology spot on' said the Telegraph , and John Sandoe Books commented: 'We have all delighted in this unjustly forgotten novel; it is well written and compelling'.

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PublisherPersephone Books LTD

ISBN-139781906462000

eBay Product ID (ePID)86692471

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Book TitleSomeone at a Distance

AuthorDorothy Whipple, Nina Bawden

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicBooks

Publication Year2008

Number of Pages432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height192mm

Item Width138mm

Item Weight499g

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Title_AuthorNina Bawden, Dorothy Whipple

Series TitlePersephone Classics

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by casto-7958
27 Sep, 2023
Someone at a distance
Gripping in a quaint old fashioned way. I enjoyed it....quite different
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
by pauline6249
28 Aug, 2019
Relaxing read , yet strangely compelling .
Loved this book . Such a gem .
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned