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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
June 1, 1939
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394421728
ISBN-10
0394421728
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$17.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
Amazon.com description: Product Description: It is London in the late 1930s, and into a coterie of rather grand early-middle-aged people the sixteen-year-old orphan Portia is plunged beyond her depth. Disconcertingly vulnerable, Portia is manifestly trying to understand what is going on around her and looking for something that is not there. Evident victim, she is also an inadvertent victimiser - her impossible lovingness and austere trust being too much for her admirer Eddie, who is himself defensive and uncomfortable in this society which has managed to bring them together. In the midst of the rising tension is set perhaps Elizabeth Bowen's most brilliant piece of social comedy, when, at a seaside villa full of rollicking young people, Portia experiences at least temporary relief from the misery Eddie seems determined to bring her.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (June 1, 1939)
9780394421728 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
About: Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
Paperback
from Anchor Books (May 1, 2000); titled "The Death of the Heart"
9780385720175 | details & prices | 418 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $15.95
Reprint edition from Viking Pr (August 1, 1991); titled "The Death of the Heart"
9780140183009 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
About: Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
With Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (other contributor) |
from Avon Books (June 1, 1979)
9780380436040 | details & prices | List price $2.25
This edition also contains Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Sub-committee on Fish Trade: Bergen, Norway 24-28 February 2014
About: It is London in the late 1930s, and into a coterie of rather grand early-middle-aged people the sixteen-year-old orphan Portia is plunged beyond her depth.
This edition also contains Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Sub-committee on Fish Trade: Bergen, Norway 24-28 February 2014
About: It is London in the late 1930s, and into a coterie of rather grand early-middle-aged people the sixteen-year-old orphan Portia is plunged beyond her depth.
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