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Good behaviour / Molly Keane ; introduction by Amy Gentry.
Van Pelt Library PR6021.E33 G6 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keane, Molly, 1904-1996, author.
- Series:
- New York Review Books classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gentry--Fiction.
- Gentry.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Manners and customs.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Ethics.
- Etiquette for children and teenagers.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Black humor.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 291 pages ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Good behavior
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Review Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- "I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...' Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace. To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to Jean Rhys"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Introduction copyright © 2021 by Amy Gentry"-- Provided by publisher.
- Originally published: 1981.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Keane, Molly, 1904-1996. Good behaviour
- ISBN:
- 9781681375298
- 168137529X
- OCLC:
- 1147955007
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