_'Griselda de Reptonville did not know what love was until she joined one of Mrs. Hatch's famous house parties at Beams, and there met Leander...'_ _The Late Breakfasters_ (1964) was the sole novel Robert Aickman published in his lifetime. Its heroine Griselda is invited to a grand country house w
The Late Breakfasters
β Scribed by Aickman, Robert
- Book ID
- 108863209
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780571316854
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β¦ Synopsis
Overview: The Late Breakfasters (1964) is the sole novel Robert Aickman (1914-1981) published in his lifetime. Its heroine, the formidable Miss Griselda de Reptonville is invited to a grand country house where a political gathering is to be addressed by the Prime Minister, followed by an All Party Dance. Expecting little, Griselda instead meets the love of her life. But their fledgling closeness is cruelly curtailed, and for Griselda life then becomes a quest to recapture the wholeness and happiness she felt all too briefly.
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