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The corner that held them / by Sylvia Townsend Warner ; introduction by Claire Harman.
Loaned to Another Library PR6045.A812 C67 2019
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978, author.
- Series:
- New York Review Books classics
- New York Review Books Classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benedictine nuns--England--Fiction.
- Benedictine nuns.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women--England--Fiction.
- Monasticism and religious orders for women.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--14th century--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- England.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- History.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 399 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Review Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "To become a nun in the fourteenth century was often a business transaction rather than a spiritual calling; it is small wonder, then, that the inhabitants of the Benedictine convent of Oby are prey to worldly ambitions, frustrations, pleasures and jealousies. An outbreak of the Black Death the collapse of the convent spire and a disappearance are the dramas that strike this cloistered community, which is brought vividly to life in Sylvia Townsend Warner's masterpiece"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978 London : Virago Press, 1988.
- ISBN:
- 9781681373874
- 1681373874
- OCLC:
- 1079846177
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