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ALFRED & EMILY by Lessing Doris - 2008
by Lessing Doris
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ALFRED & EMILY
by Lessing Doris
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Fourth Estate, 2008. Very Good condition. "In this extraordinary book, the new Lobel Laureate Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. In the fictional first half she imagines the happier lives they might have made for themselves had there been no war, a story that begins with them meeting at a village cricket match outside Colchester. This is followed by a piercing examination of their relationship as it actually was in the shadow of the war. The family's move to Africa, and the impact of her parents' marriage on a young woman growing up in a strange land.". First UK Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First UK Edition
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0007282702
- ISBN 13 9780007282708
- Publisher Fourth Estate
- Date Published 2008
- Keywords History, Biography, world War I, the great War, Marriage, Romance, Family, Africa
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Alfred and Emily
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Alfred & Emily
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Fourth Estate, London, 2008. Softcover. Fair. Leesvouwen in rug. Iets scheef gelezen.
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Alfred & Emily: A Novella
by Doris Lessing
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Fourth Estate, London, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 275 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Edges slightly foxed. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Her father wanted the life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, and thereafter had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother's great love was a doctor, who drowned in the Channel, and she spent the war nursing the wounded. In the fictional first half of the book, she imagines the happier lives they might have led if there had been no war. The second half is a piercing examination of their relationship as it actually was.…
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