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'One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. Her world is totally absorbing' Antonia Fraser
"Presently reading Elizabeth Taylor 's (no, not that one) 'A Game of Hide And Seek '. She's a magnificent and - for the idiotic reason that she's very middle-class - underrated mid-20th-century writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike." --David Baddiel, "The Independent" (London)
'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too - in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it' - Sarah Waters
'Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticat
"Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail--the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life." --Valerie Martin
"Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too--in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it." --Sarah Waters
"Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning
point in one's own experience." --Elizabeth Bowen
"One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. Her world is totally absorbing." --Antonia Fraser
"With its monstrous romantic-novelist heroine Angelica Deverell, it's a study of extravagant self-deception that's both achingly funny and heart-wrenchingly sad." --The Millions "Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail--the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life." --Valerie Martin "Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too--in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it." --Sarah Waters "Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning
point in one's own experience." --Elizabeth Bowen "One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. Her world is totally absorbing." --Antonia Fraser
Book Description:
"Presently reading Elizabeth Taylor 's (no, not that one) 'A Game of Hide And Seek '. She's a magnificent and - for the idiotic reason that she's very middle-class - underrated mid-20th-century writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike." --David Baddiel, "The Independent" (London)
'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too - in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it' - Sarah Waters
'Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticat
"Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail--the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life." --Valerie Martin
"Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too--in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it." --Sarah Waters
"Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning
point in one's own experience." --Elizabeth Bowen
"One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. Her world is totally absorbing." --Antonia Fraser
"With its monstrous romantic-novelist heroine Angelica Deverell, it's a study of extravagant self-deception that's both achingly funny and heart-wrenchingly sad." --The Millions "Always intelligent, often subversive and never dull, Elizabeth Taylor is the thinking person's dangerous housewife. Her sophisticated prose combines elegance, icy wit and freshness in a stimulating cocktail--the perfect toast to the quiet horror of domestic life." --Valerie Martin "Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've returned to her too--in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it." --Sarah Waters "Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning
point in one's own experience." --Elizabeth Bowen "One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. Her world is totally absorbing." --Antonia Fraser
A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century. Now published as a VMC designer hardback.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0701119780
- ISBN 13 9780701119782
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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