The Death Of The Heart

Name: The Death Of The Heart
SKU: 9780099276456
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By (author) Elizabeth Bowen,

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An immaculate portrait of adolescent love from one of our most beloved novelists.

‘One of the last century’s greatest woman writers’ Guardian

When sixteen-year-old Portia is orphaned, she is plunged into the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother’s home.

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ISBN: 9780099276456

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 368

Dimensions: 12.8 × 2.1 × 19.7 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 368 pages
Dimensions 12.8 × 2.1 × 19.7 cm | 253
Publication Date 14 May 1998
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Elizabeth Bowen

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Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and land-owner. She travelled a great deal, dividing most of her time between London and Bowen's Court, the family house in County Cork which she inherited. Her first book, a collection of shorts stories, Encounters, was published in 1923. The Hotel (1926) was her first novel. She was awarded the CBE in 1948, and receive d honorary degrees from Trinity College, Dublin in 1949, and from Oxford University in 1956. The Royal Society of Literature made her a Companion of Literature in 1965. Elizabeth Bowen died in 1973.

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