WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS
'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' The Times
Set in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a plain bookish girl whose mother has told her that she is not the type that attracts men. Her schoolfriend Hilda has a sunny temperament and keeps her service boys 'ever so cheery'. When Margaret finds a ration book on Hampstead Heath the pompous writer Gerard Challis enters both their lives. Margaret slavishly adores Challis and his artistic circle; Challis idolises Hilda for her hair and her eyes and Hilda finds Gerard's romantic overtures a bit of a bind. This is a delightfully comic and wistful tale of love and longing.
ISBN: | 9780099528722 |
Publication date: | 4th August 2011 |
Author: | Stella Gibbons |
Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 448 pages |
Series: | Vintage Classics |
Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Historical romance Narrative theme: Love and relationships |