The Go-Between - Hardcover

Hartley, L. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907360816 ISBN 13: 9781907360817

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2013

Synopsis

So magnetically powerful are the words with which Hartley opens his celebrated novel - 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there' - that they've become part of the lexicon. But the story they encompass is a deeply personal one. An invitation for young Leo to join a school friend at Brandham Hall - a world of privilege far removed from his own - for the scorchingly hot summer of 1900 appears innocuous, but Leo soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous, deceitful world of adult intrigue when asked to act as a go-between for two illicit lovers. The tragedy that ensues will reverberate for decades to come.

With an Afterword by Anna South.

About this title

About the Author

Leslie Poles Hartley was born in Cambridgeshire in 1895, and was educated first at Harrow and then Oxford. His career as a writer began with short stories (his first collection Night Fears was published in 1924) and ran alongside his work as a prolific and highly regarded reviewer of fiction, writing for such magazines as the Spectator and the Sketch. His first full-length novel was The Shrimp and the Anemone (1944) and was followed by a succession of novels, including The Hireling (1957) and his final work Love-Adept (1969). While the majority of L. P. Hartley's work is now, sadly, out of print, The Go-Between remains the most enduringly popular and timeless of his novels, rightfully claiming its place as a classic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907360816
• ISBN 13: 9781907360817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360