The title story shows a headmaster's elegant wife suffering torments of jealousy when his gawky young cousin comes to live with them. Why is it that her sophistication seems unable to compete with Hester's naivety? Elsewhere we see the mute agonies of a long marriage; the emotional deserts lurking in the English countryside; and old ruffian's sense of suffocation in a genteel community for the blind; or the freshness and oddity of children's perceptions. In this, her first collection of short stories, Elizabeth Taylor charts the territory she so triumphantly claimed as her own.
| ISBN: | 9780860686125 |
| Publication date: | 11th June 1990 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Taylor |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
The title story shows a headmaster's elegant wife suffering torments of jealousy when his gawky young cousin comes to live with them. Why is it that her sophistication seems unable to compete with Hester's naivety? Elsewhere we see the mute agonies of a long marriage; the emotional deserts lurking in the English countryside; and old ruffian's sense of suffocation in a genteel community for the blind; or the freshness and oddity of children's perceptions. In this, her first collection of short stories, Elizabeth Taylor charts the territory she so triumphantly claimed as her own.
Hester Lilly features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Hester Lilly is available in Paperback
Hester Lilly was written by Elizabeth Taylor and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown
Hester Lilly has 216 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series