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The priory
Author
Title
The priory / by Dorothy Whipple ; with a new afterword by David Conville.
ISBN
1903155304
9781903155301
Publication
London : Persephone Books, 2003.
Physical Description
536 pages ; 20 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 11138: "Published by Persephone Books Ltd 2003. Reprinted 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012"--Half t.p. verso. Paperbound with dust jacket. Accompanied by bookmark in same pattern as endpapers.
Notes
"Endpapers taken from 'Wychwood', a 1939 screen-printed satin furnishing fabric designed by Noldi Soland for Helios © Whitworth Art Gallery, the University of Manchester"--Half t.p. verso.
Originally published 1939.
Summary
The setting for this story is Saunby Priory, a large house somewhere in England which has seen better times. We are shown the two Marwood girls, who are nearly grown-up, their father, the widower Major Marwood, and their aunt; then, as soon as their lives have been described, the Major proposes marriage to a woman much younger than himself - and many changes begin. -- Publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2023
Series
Persephone book ; no. 40
Subjects
Genre/Form
Fiction.
Decorated paper.
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