You'll Enjoy It When You Get There: The Stories of Elizabeth Taylor
β Scribed by Taylor, Elizabeth
- Book ID
- 100251772
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1590177436
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β¦ Synopsis
Offers a selection of the author's short stories that often deal with everyday English domestic life and its nuanced emotional undercurrents.;Considered one of the best British writers of the post-war era, Taylor is only now beginning to gain the recognition due her. This collections offers a selection of the author's short stories that often deal with everyday English domestic life and its nuanced emotional undercurrents.;From: Hester Lilly (1954). Hester Lilly ; Gravement endommagΓ© ; The idea of age ; Shadows of the world ; Oasis of gaiety ; Plenty good fiesta -- From: The blush (1958). The blush ; The letter-writers ; A troubled state of mind ; The rose, the mauve, the white ; Summer schools ; Perhaps a family failing ; You'll enjoy it when you get there -- From: A dedicated man (1965). Girl reading ; The Thames spread out ; The prerogative of love ; The benefactress ; In the sun ; Vron and Willie ; The voices -- From: The devastating boys (1972). The devastating boys ; Tall boy ; In and out of the houses ; Flesh ; Sisters ; HΓ΄tel du Commerce ; Miss A. and Miss M. ; The fly-paper -- Published in Dangerous calm: the selected stories of Elizabeth Taylor (1995). Violet hour at the Fleece.
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