This Bed Thy Centre
The Modern Classic
$39.27
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2018
Summary
‘Striking first novel … qualities of vitality and humour which set it apart.’ New York Times
Described by the New York Times upon her death as ‘one of Britain’s best-known novelists’, plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Jane Howard and Barbara Pym.***************Sixteen-year-old Elsie Cotton is curious about sex, but in this 1930s London subur…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473679856 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473679850 |
| Author: | Pamela Hansford Johnson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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As her work reappears, another missing jigsaw piece is replaced - Independent
Very funny - IndependentWitty, satirical and deftly maliciousRemarkable - GuardianSharply observed, artfully constructed and always enlivened by the freshness of an imagery that derives from [Johnson’s] poetic beginnings - TLSA remarkable craftswomanHansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm BradburyMiss Johnson is one of the most accomplished of the English women writers - KirkusAbout The Author
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson was born in 1912. As a novelist, she gained recognition with her first novel, This Bed Thy Centre, published in 1935. She then went on to write 26 more novels throughout her life, ranging in genre from romantic and high comedy to tragedy, and the psychological study of cruelty, with themes centred around the moral responsibility of the individual in their personal and social relations. She was also a well-respected critic, a leading Proustian scholar, an essayist, a playwright, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a CBE. She died in 1981.
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