The Spring House: British Library Women Writers #31 - Softcover

Cynthia Asquith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712355049 ISBN 13: 9780712355049

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

It is 1915, and Miranda Gray is spending the war on the other side of the Atlantic to her husband. Staying with her eccentric relatives and young son at her family’s stately home, Miranda struggles to find her wartime role. Is she to play the graceful daughter of the house, the anxious wife of a distant military man, the stoic nurse, the promiscuous London hostess, or some uneasy amalgamation of these staid identities? Gradually, as the war brings death and destruction to those closest to her, Miranda is offered a glimpse of something beyond these stilted roles – a chance at real love.

The Spring House artfully balances humour and devastation; at once a deftly written psychological portrait and a social document revealing the slow birth of the twentieth century and the new woman.

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About the Author

Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960) was an author and socialite, best known for her supernatural stories and close friendships with prominent authors such as D. H. Lawrence and J. M. Barrie. The Spring House was her first novel. She also wrote biographies and children’s books and edited a well-known anthology of supernatural stories called The Ghost Book. In 1910 she married Herbert Dixon Asquith, the son of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.

From the Back Cover

It is 1915, and Miranda Gray is spending the war on the other side of the Atlantic to her husband. Staying with her eccentric relatives and young son at her family’s stately home, Miranda struggles to find her wartime role. Is she to play the graceful daughter of the house, the anxious wife of a distant military man, the stoic nurse, the promiscuous London hostess, or some uneasy amalgamation of these staid identities? Gradually, as the war brings death and destruction to those closest to her, Miranda is o

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712355049
• ISBN 13: 9780712355049
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256