Celia works at the Ministry in the post-war England of 1949 and lives in a London suburb with her beloved Aunt. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love -- for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. Here they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love and hate -- moments of wild humour alternating with waves of melancholy as Celia ponders obsessively on the inevitable pain of love. In everything she wrote, Stevie Smith's poetic, special eye captured the paradox of pain in all human affections -- nowhere more so than in this wry, strongly autobiographical tale.
| ISBN: | 9781844085392 |
| Publication date: | 19th June 2008 |
| Author: | Stevie Smith |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Historical Fiction |
Celia works at the Ministry in the post-war England of 1949 and lives in a London suburb with her beloved Aunt. Witty, fragile, quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love -- for her friends, her colleagues, her relations, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. Here they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love and hate -- moments of wild humour alternating with waves of melancholy as Celia ponders obsessively on the inevitable pain of love. In everything she wrote, Stevie Smith's poetic, special eye captured the paradox of pain in all human affections -- nowhere more so than in this wry, strongly autobiographical tale.
The Holiday features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Historical Fiction
The Holiday is available in Paperback
The Holiday was written by Stevie Smith and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown
The Holiday has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series
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