Results for "Townsend Warner, Sylvia"

This Christmas, bask in these 'diminutive masterpieces' (Guardian) by the English genius behind Lolly Willowes. "One of our finest writers." -- Neil Gaiman "One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years. " -- Sarah Waters "Diminutive masterpieces ... Hand yours... Read More about Winter in the Air

A unique novel about life in a 14th-century convent by one of England's most original authors. Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them is a historical novel like no other, one that immerses the reader in the dailiness of history, rather than history as the given sequence of events that, i... Read More about The Corner That Held Them

A satirical feminist classic about a woman who leaves her stifling place in her brother's London home for the wilds of the English countryside, where she meets and makes a deal with the devil himself.Laura "Lolly" Willowes is an unmarried, middle-aged woman in early twentieth century London--a spins... Read More about Lolly Willowes: Or, The Loving Huntsman (Modern Library Torchbearers)

Both stimulating and engaging, these poems display an astonishing capacity for wit, rich observations, and the cadences of poetic language. Documenting the life of Sylvia Townsend Warner, these poems emphasize her gift for music while exploring life, communist sympathies, and above all, the ang... Read More about Collected Poems: Sylvia Townsend Warner