Screen LibraryPenelope Fitzgerald : a life /
English writer "Fitzgerald, born into an accomplished intellectual family, the granddaughter of two bishops, led a life marked by dramatic twists of fate, moving from a bishop's palace to a sinking houseboat to a last, late blaze of renown. We see Fitzgerald's very English childhood i...
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Alfred A. Knopf,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. c2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First United States edition. |
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| Summary: |
English writer "Fitzgerald, born into an accomplished intellectual family, the granddaughter of two bishops, led a life marked by dramatic twists of fate, moving from a bishop's palace to a sinking houseboat to a last, late blaze of renown. We see Fitzgerald's very English childhood in the village of Hampstead; her Oxford years, when she was known as the 'blonde bombshell'; her impoverished adulthood as a struggling wife, mother, and schoolteacher, raising a family in difficult circumstances; and the long-delayed start to her literary career"--Amazon.com. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780385352345 (hardcover) : 0385352344 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PR6056 |
| CLC: | K835.615.6 |
| Call Number: | K835.615.6/F554L |
| Contents: | The bishops' granddaughter -- Learning to read -- The "blonde bombshell" -- Love and war -- The world -- The Bookshop -- Clinging on for dear life -- Family matters -- The teacher -- The useful arts -- Enigmas -- The prize -- The ventriloquist -- Innocence -- The Beginning of Spring -- The Gate of Angels -- The Blue Flower -- Last words. |