The Ante-Room (Paperback, New ed)

Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.

General

Imprint:	Virago Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Virago Modern Classics
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	July 2006
Authors:	Kate O'Brien
Dimensions:	196 x 131 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	288
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84408-317-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-84408-317-9
Barcode:	9781844083176

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