The Tortoise and the Hare

Zusatztext Deliciously subtle...A lost world of tweeds and twin-sets...a classic novel of the fifties Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Jenkins is the distinguished biographer (of Jane Austen, Lady Caroline Lamb and Elizabeth I). She was also a historian and novelist who was awarded the OBE in 1981. The Tortoise and the Hare, her sixth novel, was first published in 1953, and is generally considered her greatest work of fiction. Klappentext Reissue of the classic romance from 1953, with an introduction by Hilary Mantel. *Also appeared in April Buyer's Notes* Vorwort This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. 'One of my favourite classics' CARMEN CALLIL, VIRAGO FOUNDER Zusammenfassung This exquisite novel tells a love story with a difference. 'One of my favourite classics' CARMEN CALLIL, VIRAGO FOUNDER

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Jenkins, Elizabeth/ Mantel Jenkins
• Assisted by: Hilary Mantel (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.02.1983
• EAN: 9781844084944
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-494-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 130 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary