About this title: A packet of letters, found in an attic, leads a young girl into the world of love. The attic is in Montefort, a corroding country house in County Cork, which harbours a group of people held together by odd ties of kinship or habit, and haunted by the memory of its former owner who was killed in France as a young man. At Montefort, under the domination of the deceased's cousin and heiress, Antonia, and in the midst of an unusually hot and dry summer, young Jane pursues her own imaginings. Not far off an immigrant from another world - a rich promiscuous, parvenue Englishwoman Lady Latterly, who ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CAPE
Date Published: 1955
Description: GOOD in GOOD jacket. HB/DJ. CLEAN AND SOLID. DJ IS DUSTY AND FADED, PRICE CLIPPED. NORMAL READING WEAR. Items may or may not have the same cover art as displayed for this item on this site. If you need a specific cover please inquire first. Vinyl is visually graded according to Goldmine. Because of our volume we just don't have time to play test every album, however we would gladly play test any album and it's often a great idea to ask us to do that to avoid disappointment. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140085419ISBN:0140085416
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has creases, corner chip; , spine uncreased; 2 words written on blank page after text; lightly tanned. Penguin Modern Classics read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0224600516 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, Inc
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780380413508ISBN:0380413507
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Fiction General Synopsis: 188 pages. In the attic of a ramshackle Irish country house, adrift in the summer doldrums, a beautiful girl finds a batch of old love letters. Their... read more
Description: Good; 1978. 0380413507. Very nice older copy with mild signs of handling.; Paperback; Avon Books/The Hearst Corp.; New York; First Printing; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 188 pages; , read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Near Fine. Very Good Dustjacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 224 pages. Ex-libris label glued on front inner cover, otherwise clean with no marks, underlinings, notes or owner's inscriptions. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd., London
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A nice tightly bound copy. Interior is browning. Dustjacket is rubbed with a small tear at top of spine. Previous owner's signature inside front page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good(+) copy in good(+) dust jacket; scuff to front bottom corner & light wear to spine ends; "Paid" rubber-stamped on ffep; dj shows rubbing along folds & at corners; several nicks along top edges & wear at spine ends. 8vo 8 1/4"x 5 3/8" light-green cloth w/ lettering in black, ornamental coil-device printed in red, on front & on spine; top edge rust, fore-edge untrimmed; 244 pgs; illus dust jacket, lettering in b&w, $3.50 on front flap, author photo by Angus McBean on back cover. binding & ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400031054ISBN:1400031052
"Challenging yet rewarding. Ultra emotional and intense. One is so engrossed in the world of the book that one doesn't want it to end. The last line is one of the most beautiful I've read in literature."
"Despite its (in my opinion, unfortunately cheesy) title, the small world Bowen examines is lacking in love: this intimate portrait shows a dissatisfied family haunted by love's ghosts. The story covers a span of only a few days at a decaying country home. The drama is in the emotional tension unleashed by a packet of old love letters Jane, the elder of two daughters, drags out of the attic. I think this book has depths I couldn't reach this time; I will read it again, maybe multiple times. I think it is one of those gems that will reveal new facets, new lights with each reading."
"Jane, a young woman, lives with her family in the english countryside between the wars. Her family came about out of a marriage of convenience, brought about by the death of a betrothed cousin in first war. One day however, she finds a bundle of letters in the attic that awaken her to the world of love that existed before her birth. Although this novel is one of "100 best of the 20th century," most of the time, I couldn't really figure out what was happening during the awakening. There's a lot of clipped british talking. It sort of reminded me of a Thomas Hardy novel, without the drama. Honestly, not my cup of tea."
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