The Vet's Daughter - Virago Modern Classics

INTRODUCED BY JANE GARDAM'A small Gothic masterpiece . . . I have read it many times, and with every re-read I marvel again at its many qualities - its darkness, its strangeness, its humour, its sadness, its startling images and twists of phrase' Sarah WatersGrowing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary, restrictive and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and domineering; his new girlfriend brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in memories and fantasies, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor, and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers. A series of strange events unfolds that leads her, dressed in bridal white, to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. The Vet's Daughter is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.

ISBN:	9781844088386
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Virago
Published date:	04 Jul 2013
DEWEY:	823.914
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xv, 159
Weight:	130g
Height:	196mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	12mm

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