A View of the Harbour - Hardcover

Taylor, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0404202527 ISBN 13: 9780404202521

Publisher: Peter Davies, 1947

Synopsis

INTRODUCED BY SARAH WATERS

An unforgettable novel of love, loss and keeping up of appearances.

In the faded coastal village of Newby, everyone looks out for - and in on - each other, and beneath the deceptively sleepy exterior, passions run high. Beautiful divorcee Tory is painfully involved with her neighbour, Robert, while his wife Beth, Tory's best friend, is consumed by the worlds she creates in her novels, oblivious to the relationship developing next door. Their daughter Prudence is aware, however, and is appalled by the treachery she observes. Mrs Bracey, an invalid whose grasp on life is slipping, forever peers from her window, constantly prodding her daughters for news of the outside world. And Lily Wilson, a lonely young widow, is frightened in her own home. Into their lives steps Bertram, a retired naval officer with the unfortunate capacity to inflict lasting damage while trying to do good.

About this title

Review:

Every one of her books is a treat and this is my favourite, because of its wonderful cast of characters, and because of the deftness with which Taylor's narrative moves between them ... A wonderful writer (Sarah Waters)

Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all (Anne Tyler)

A wonderful novelist (Jilly Cooper)

An eye as sharply all-seeing as her prose-style is elegant - even the humdrum becomes astonishing (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

Book Description:

An unforgettable novel of love, loss and keeping up of appearances. Now published as a VMC designer hardback.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Davies
• Publication date: 1947
• ISBN 10: 0404202527
• ISBN 13: 9780404202521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1