Wilson, Angus Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ISBN 13: 9780312142759

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes - Softcover

9780312142759: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
The publication and phenomenal success of Anglo-Saxon Attitudes in 1956 confirmed Angus Wilson's status as a world-class writer, on a par with other such literary greats as Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis, and John Osborne.
Still considered Wilson's finest work, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes chronicles the middle age of historian Gerald Middleton, a sixty-year-old self-defined failure, and of the most hopeless kind, "a failure with a conscience." Separated from his wife and mistrusted by his own children, Middleton soon finds himself mired in one of the cruelest archeological hoaxes of the century.
Hosting a colorful cast of memorable characters from Middleton's gay son, who is dominated by his overbearing mother, to Dollie, his unsatisfied mistress and accessory to the great hoax, Wilson depicts the hilarious foibles of English society with an unexpected, bittersweet compassion. It is no wonder Angus Wilson was considered the Charles Dickens of his day.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
"After Evelyn Waugh, what? The answer is Angus Wilson, a master of mimicry, diction, intention and wit." --Edmund Wilson

"One of the five greatest novels of the century." --Anthony Burgess

..".brilliant and ambitious...In every generation one or two novelists revise the conventional picture of English character. Mr. Wilson does this." --V.S. Pritchett, New Statesman and Nation

"It's Dickens for the smart set, or Edmund Wilson with a dash of savage silliness." --Susan Salter Reynolds, The Los Angeles Times

"So read this splendid novel and you will find yourself not only entertained and at times vastly amused, but actually wiser about human nature. You will not only experience vicariously some interesting slices of postwar English life, but you will be conducted into a world of fine moral and ethical distinctions, which are this novelist's particular forte. Much wisdom and humanity are to be found in the pages ofAnglo-Saxon Attitudes." --Martin Rubin, The Washington Times
About the Author:
Angus Wilson (1913-1991) worked as a deputy superintendent of the British Museum Reading Room before establishing a reputation with a collection of short stories, The Wrong Set. A novel, Hemlock and After, one of the first English books to describe the lives of gay men, brought more success, and Wilson began a prolific career as a writer of fiction, criticism, and reviews. He was a professor of English at the University of East Anglia and spent his last years in France.

Jane Smiley, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is the author of many novels and other works. In 2010 she published Private Life, a novel; A Good Horse, a book for young adults; and The Man Who Invented the Computer, the first volume of the Sloane American Inventors series.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherSt Martins Pr
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0312142757
  • ISBN 13 9780312142759
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages346
  • Rating
Buy Used
Condition: Good
Used book that is in clean, average... Learn more about this copy

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780571243174: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780571243174
Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2011
Softcover

  • 9781590171424: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (New York Review Books Classics)

    New Yo..., 2005
    Softcover

  • 9780436575006: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes: A Novel

    Martin..., 1971
    Hardcover

  • 9780670126354: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

    Secker..., 1956
    Hardcover

  • 9780140013115: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

    Penguin, 1958
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St. Martin's Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Better World Books: West
(Reno, NV, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 38915677-75

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 5.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St. Martin's Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Better World Books
(Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 38915677-75

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 5.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St. Martin's Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
ThriftBooks-Dallas
(Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9. Seller Inventory # G0312142757I3N00

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 5.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St. Martin's Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
ThriftBooks-Atlanta
(AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9. Seller Inventory # G0312142757I5N10

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 5.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St. Martin's Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
ThriftBooks-Atlanta
(AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9. Seller Inventory # G0312142757I3N00

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 5.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St Martins Pr (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
HPB-Movies
(Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_307080803

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 3.05
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.97
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St Martins Pr (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wonder Book
(Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # C12D-00923

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 6.28
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St Martins Pr (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Softcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA
(Columbia, MO, U.S.A.)

Book Description 1996 Wilson, Angus ANGLO-SAXON ATITUDES NY: St Martin's, c1996 first printing 347pp 8vo Uncreased spine, as new trade paperback. Seller Inventory # 37359

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 7.31
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
Published by St Martins Pr (1996)
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Trade Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Books End Bookshop
(Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. Reading creases on spine; 8.1 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 346 pages. Seller Inventory # 413171

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 2.86
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.76
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Wilson, Angus
ISBN 10: 0312142757 ISBN 13: 9780312142759
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Priceless Books
(Urbana, IL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: VG. 347pp. Extremities lightly rubbed. Seller Inventory # 238562

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 6.13
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.97
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book