Archives by Tag 'Virago Modern Classics'
‘The Vet’s Daughter’ by Barbara Comyns
Every so often I am lulled into a false sense of security by a Virago; some of them are quite short books with rather large print and thus I am deceived into expecting them to be ‘easy’ books. That was certainly what went through my mind when I picked up by Barbara Comyns to read [...]
Virago Reading Week is Here
Greetings and welcome to my little corner of Virago Reading Week, a reading event hosted by Rachel of Book Snob and Carolyn of A Few of My Favourite Books to celebrate a publisher which is dear to the hearts of many and which I only discovered last year. Visit Rachel’s blog for more information about this week [...]
Review: ‘The Return of the Soldier’ by Rebecca West
Title: Author: Rebecca West Published: Virago, 1984, pp. 188. Originally published 1918 Genre: Fiction Blurb: When the soldier returns from the front, he returns to three women who love him. His wife, Kitty, with her cold, moonlight beauty, and his devoted cousin Jenny wait in their exquisite home on the crest of the Harrow-weald. Margaret [...]
Review: ‘The Age of Innocence’ by Edith Wharton
Title: The Age of Innocence Author: Edith Wharton Published: Virago, 1994, pp. 303 Genre: Modern classic Blurb:In the conformist, closed world of upper-class New York, Newland Archer anticipates his marriage to May Welland, a young girl “who knew nothing and expected everything”. Into this ordered arrangement bursts May’s cousin Ellen, the mysterious and exotic Countess [...]