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Palladian

Palladian

by Elizabeth Taylor
Paperback
Publication Date: 27/09/2011

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'All her writings could be described as coming into the category of comedy. Comedy is the best vehicle for truths that are too fierce to be borne' Anita Brookner



'Elizabeth Taylor has an eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose is elegant - even the humdrum becomes astonishing when told in language that always aims for descriptive integrity, without a cliche in sight. As a result, Taylor excels in conveying the tragicomic poignancy of the everyday' Daily Telegraph



When newly orphaned Cassandra Dashwood arrives as governess to little Sophy, the scene seems set for the archetypal romance between young girl and austere widowed employer. Strange secrets abound in the ramshackle house. But conventions are subverted in this atmospheric novel: one of its worlds is suffused with classical scholarship and literary romance, but the other is chaotic, quarrelsome and even farcical. Cassandra is to discover that in real life, tragedy, comedy and acute embarrassment are never far apart.
ISBN:
9781844087136
9781844087136
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
27-09-2011
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
208
Dimensions (mm):
200x133x14mm
Weight:
0.15kg
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century.

She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter.

Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.

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