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The Vet's Daughter Barbara Comyns

The Vet's Daughter By Barbara Comyns

The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns


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Summary

Barbara Comyns' witty and touching classic The Vet's Daughter tells the story of Alice, a young woman from Edwardian south London who is gripped by strange and mysterious powers.

The Vet's Daughter Summary

The Vet's Daughter: A Virago Modern Classic by Barbara Comyns

Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary, restrictive and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and domineering; his new girlfriend brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in memories and fantasies, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor, and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers. A series of strange events unfolds that leads her, dressed in bridal white, to a scene of ecstatic triumph and disaster among the crowds on Clapham Common. The Vet's Daughter is a uniquely vivid, witty and touching story of love and mystery.

The Vet's Daughter Reviews

A small Gothic masterpiece * Sarah Waters *
A wonderful and original novel * Alan Hollinghurst *
A small Gothic masterpiece. -- Sarah Waters
A wonderful and original novel. -- Alan Hollinghurst

About Barbara Comyns

Barbara Comyns (1909-92) was born in Bidford-on-Avon in Warwickshire. She was an artist and writer, worked in advertising, dealt in old cars and antiques, bred poodles and developed property. She was twice married, and she and her second husband lived in Spain for eighteen years, returning to the UK in the early 1970s. She is the author of eleven books, including Sisters by a River (1947), Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (1950), The Vet's Daughter (1959), The Skin Chairs (1962) and A Touch of Mistletoe (1967). She died in Shropshire in 1992

Additional information

GOR009408025
9781844088386
1844088383
The Vet's Daughter: A Virago Modern Classic by Barbara Comyns
Used - Like New
Paperback
Little, Brown Book Group
2013-07-04
176
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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