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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
February 1, 1988
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140085419
ISBN-10
0140085416
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Out of Print
Original list price
$5.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A young girl finds a group of love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In a writing career that spanned the 1920s to the 1960s, Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen created a rich and nuanced body of work in which she enlarged the comedy of manners with her own stunning brand of emotional and psychological depth.
In A World of Love, an uneasy group of relations are living under one roof at Montefort, a decaying manor in the Irish countryside. When twenty-year-old Jane finds in the attic a packet of love letters written years ago by Guy, her mother’s one-time fiance who died in World War I, the discovery has explosive repercussions. It is not clear to whom the letters are addressed, and their appearance begins to lay bare the strange and unspoken connections between the adults now living in the house. Soon, a girl on the brink of womanhood, a mother haunted by love lost, and a ruined matchmaker with her own claim on the dead wage a battle that makes the ghostly Guy as real a presence in Montefort as any of the living.
In A World of Love, an uneasy group of relations are living under one roof at Montefort, a decaying manor in the Irish countryside. When twenty-year-old Jane finds in the attic a packet of love letters written years ago by Guy, her mother’s one-time fiance who died in World War I, the discovery has explosive repercussions. It is not clear to whom the letters are addressed, and their appearance begins to lay bare the strange and unspoken connections between the adults now living in the house. Soon, a girl on the brink of womanhood, a mother haunted by love lost, and a ruined matchmaker with her own claim on the dead wage a battle that makes the ghostly Guy as real a presence in Montefort as any of the living.
Editions
Paperback
Reprint edition from Anchor Books (August 1, 2003)
9781400031054 | details & prices | 4.75 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.00
About: A young woman finds a collection of mysterious love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother.
About: A young woman finds a collection of mysterious love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother.
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Reprint edition from Viking Pr (February 1, 1988)
9780140085419 | details & prices | List price $5.95
About: A young girl finds a group of love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother
About: A young girl finds a group of love letters in the attic of an old Irish country house and becomes obsessed with the young man, who, years before, had written them to her mother
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