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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Overlook Pr
Publication date
February 1, 2001
Pages
484
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781585671151
ISBN-10
1585671150
Dimensions
1.75 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$35.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Following the death of his frigid ex-wife, Dud No-man, a historical novelist, allows a circus performer named Wizzie Ravelston to live in his house. By the author of A Glastonbury Romance and Weymouth Sands.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, containing the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novels with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists. Maiden Castle portrays in pointillist detail the complexities of sexual and romantic feeling that bedevil an eccentric cast of characters, and explores the psychological idiosyncrasies that fuel their hopes and dreams, fantasies and failures.
At the center of the novel is the aptly named Dud No-man, a historical novelist widowed after a yearlong unconsummated marriage to a woman who continues to haunt him. Inspired by pity and his own deep loneliness, Dud takes Wizzie Ravelston, an itinerant circus performer, into his home and heart. Their awkward yet endearing efforts to create a life together unfold in counterpoint to the romantic and familial relationships that sizzle and simmer in the village of Dorchester. Yet even as the characters in Maiden Castle struggle with the perplexities of love, desire and faith-readjusting their sights and affections-it is the looming fortress of Maiden Castle that exerts the otherworldly force that irrevocably determines the course of their lives.
4th in the series of novels
At the center of the novel is the aptly named Dud No-man, a historical novelist widowed after a yearlong unconsummated marriage to a woman who continues to haunt him. Inspired by pity and his own deep loneliness, Dud takes Wizzie Ravelston, an itinerant circus performer, into his home and heart. Their awkward yet endearing efforts to create a life together unfold in counterpoint to the romantic and familial relationships that sizzle and simmer in the village of Dorchester. Yet even as the characters in Maiden Castle struggle with the perplexities of love, desire and faith-readjusting their sights and affections-it is the looming fortress of Maiden Castle that exerts the otherworldly force that irrevocably determines the course of their lives.
4th in the series of novels
Editions
Hardcover
from Gardners Books (June 29, 2006)
9780715635537 | details & prices | 608 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.75 in. | 2.00 lbs | List price $29.75
About: Dud No-man is a lonely widower.
About: Dud No-man is a lonely widower.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Overlook Pr (February 1, 2001)
9781585671151 | details & prices | 484 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Following the death of his frigid ex-wife, Dud No-man, a historical novelist, allows a circus performer named Wizzie Ravelston to live in his house.
About: Following the death of his frigid ex-wife, Dud No-man, a historical novelist, allows a circus performer named Wizzie Ravelston to live in his house.
from Univ of Wales Pr (April 1, 1990)
9780708310618 | details & prices | List price $70.00
About: The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, combining the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novelists with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
About: The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, combining the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novelists with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
from Colgate Univ Pr (June 1, 1966)
9780912568010 | details & prices | List price $14.00
About: The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, combining the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novelists with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
About: The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, combining the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novelists with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
Paperback
from Overlook Pr (August 25, 2009)
9781590202142 | details & prices | 484 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $24.95
About: From the genius mind of John Cowper Powys, at long last a paperback of the classic novel of life, love, and an earthwork fortress with a bizarre power of influence The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, containing the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novels with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
About: From the genius mind of John Cowper Powys, at long last a paperback of the classic novel of life, love, and an earthwork fortress with a bizarre power of influence The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, containing the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novels with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists.
Reprint edition from Colgate Univ Pr (August 1, 1994)
9780912568188 | details & prices | 495 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $19.95
About: This Hardyesque novel is the fourth in a series.
About: This Hardyesque novel is the fourth in a series.
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