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A CHARMED CIRCLE. A Novel
by Kavan, Anna
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0720609283
- ISBN 13
- 9780720609288
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1994. reprint. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Originally published in 1929. Anna Kavan (1901-1968) is now regarded as one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. She wrote in the tradition of the great writers on drug addiction. Born Helen Woods, in Cannes, Kavan spent her childhood in Europe, the USA and Great Britain. Her life was haunted by her rich, glamorous mother, beside whom her father remains an indistinct figure. Having begun her career under her married name Helen Ferguson, it was only after she had a nervous breakdown that she became Anna Kavan, the protagonist of her 1930 novel Let Me Alone, with an outwardly different persona and a new literary style. This early work, A Charmed Circle, is a dark tale of family repression in 1920s England. She suffered periodic bouts of mental illness and long-term drug addiction - she had become addicted to heroin in the 1920s and continued to use it throughout her life - and these facets of her life feature prominently in her work. She destroyed almost all of her personal correspondence and most of her diaries, therefore ensuring that she achieved her ambition to remain a mystery. She died of heart failure, soon after the publication of her most celebrated work, the novel Ice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15074
- Title
- A CHARMED CIRCLE. A Novel
- Author
- Kavan, Anna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0720609283
- ISBN 13
- 9780720609288
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- reprint, drug addiction, 1920s England, mental illness, Helen Ferguson
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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