The Rich House

Informationen zum Autor Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard . Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938), The Bachelor (1944), Westwood (1946), and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. Stella Gibbons died in 1989. Klappentext Set on the eve of World War II in a resort on the east coast of England! The Rich House follows the love affairs of six young people and their intertwined adorations. These three tip the balance! and relationships shift! but even war cannot halt the passions of the young. Zusammenfassung Set on the eve of World War II in a resort on the east coast of England, The Rich House follows the love affairs of six young people and their intertwined adorations. These three tip the balance, and relationships shift, but even war cannot halt the passions of the young.

Product details

• Authors: Stella Gibbons, Gibbons Stella
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2011
• EAN: 9780099560524
• ISBN: 978-0-09-956052-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), South & South East England, South and South East England