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Zusatztext Always intelligent! often subversive and never dull! Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance! icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail - the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was born in Reading, Berkshire and spent much of her life in Penn, Buckinghamshire. Critically she is one of the most acclaimed British novelists of this century. Virago publishes twelve of her sixteen works of fiction. Klappentext '"Here I am!" Flora called to Richard as she went downstairs. For a second, Meg felt disloyalty. It occurred to her of a sudden that Flora was always saying that, and that it was in the tone of one giving a lovely present.' Elegant, blonde and beautiful, Flora has everything under control: her perfect home, her husband Richard, her friend Meg, adoring Kit, and the writer Patrick. Flora entrances everyone, dangling visions of happiness and success before their spellbound eyes. All are bewitched by this golden tyrant. Except, that is, for the clear-eyed painter, Liz, who can see that Flora's kindness is the sweetest poison of them all. 'The Soul of Kindness, like many of Elizabeth Taylor's novels, is so expert that it seems effortless . . . Taylor is one of the hidden treasures of the English novel' Philip Hensher, Daily TelegraphA brilliant novel about the damage caused by relentless 'niceness'. Uncritical, encouraging, 'the soul of kindness', Flora's help is the cruelest hindrance to those who love her most. Zusammenfassung A brilliant novel about the damage caused by relentless 'niceness'. Uncritical, encouraging, 'the soul of kindness', Flora's help is the cruelest hindrance to those who love her most.
