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Good Behaviour (Paperback)
Molly Keane; Introduction by Amy Gentry
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R495
R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
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A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK (BOOKER PRIZE GEMS)
'Molly Keane is a mistress of wicked comedy' Vogue 'I really wish I
had written this book. It's a tragi-comedy set in Ireland after the
First World War. A real work of craftsmanship' Hilary Mantel I do
know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always
known . . . Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic
Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state of decaying grace.
To Aroon St Charles, large and unlovely daughter of the house, the
fierce forces of sex, money, jealousy and love seem locked out by
the ritual patterns of good behaviour. But crumbling codes of
conduct cannot hope to save the members of the St Charles family
from their own unruly and inadmissible desires. This elegant and
allusive novel established Molly Keane as the natural successor to
Jean Rhys. 'I have read and re-read Molly Keane more, I think, than
any other writer. Nobody else can touch her as a satirist,
tragedian and dissector of human behaviour. I love all her books,
but Good Behaviour and Loving and Giving are the ones I return to
most' Maggie O'Farrell
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Devoted Ladies (Paperback)
Molly Keane; Introduction by Polly Devlin
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R308
R275
Discovery Miles 2 750
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Jessica and Jane have been living together for six months. They are
devoted friends--or are they? Jessica loves her friend with the
cruelty of total possessiveness. Jane is rich, silly, and drinks
rather too many brandy-and-sodas. Watching from the sidelines,
Sylvester regrets that she should be loved and bullied and perhaps
even murdered by that frightful Jessica, but decides it is none of
his business. When the Irish gentleman George Playfair meets Jane,
however, he thinks otherwise--he entices Jane to Ireland where the
battle for her devotion begins. A studied satire of art deco
decadence and louche behavior, "Devoted Ladies" is a sharp and
glittering satire on female love.
Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics
hardback range, these elegant porcelain mugs celebrate three of our
most popular titles: The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith;
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; and Good Behaviour by Molly
Keane. They are a must-have for all Virago fans, and are surely the
most stylish way to enjoy your morning coffee! Each mug is
presented in a beautiful gift-box with corresponding artwork. The
mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe. The Talented Mr Ripley and
The Magic Toyshop feature artwork by vintage textile designers
Marian Mahler and Jacqueline Groag. Good Behaviour features a cover
by award-winning designers Eley Kishimoto:
http://www.eleykishimoto.com/
Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics
hardback range, these elegant unlined notebooks celebrate three of
our most popular titles: The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia
Highsmith; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; and Good Behaviour
by Molly Keane. These beautiful notebooks are a must-have for all
Virago fans - surely the most stylish way of collecting notes on
your favourite books. Or maybe they will inspire you to write a
novel of your own . . . Each notebook features a ribbon bookmark,
high-quality paper and matching endpapers. The Talented Mr Ripley
and The Magic Toyshop feature artwork by vintage textile designers
Marian Mahler and Jacqueline Groag. Good Behaviour features a cover
by award-winning designers Eley Kishimoto:
http://www.eleykishimoto.com/
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The Rising Tide (Paperback)
Molly Keane; Introduction by Polly Devlin
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R313
R255
Discovery Miles 2 550
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This is the story of one glorious gothic mansion, Garonlea, and two
rather different women who would be Queen. Lady Charlotte
French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with an iron
will, until the arrival of Cynthia--beautiful, young, talented,
selfish, and engaged to her son Desmond. Cynthia is a denizen of
the Jazz Age and, on the surface, her life passes in a whirl of
hunting, drinking, and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only
biding their time. They know the source of their power--a secret
handed down through generations.
The Swifts--three sisters of marked eccentricity, defiantly
christened April, May, and baby June, and their only brother,
one-eyed Jasper--have little in common but some vivid memories of
their darling mother and a long lost youth particularly prone to
acts of treachery. Into their world comes cousin Leda from Vienna,
a visitor from the past, blind but beguiling. Within days, the
lifestyle of the Swifts has been dramatically overturned--and
desires, dormant for so long, flame fierce and bright like never
before. Molly Keane also wrote under the pen name M.J. Farrell;
among her many timeless novels are "The Knight of Cheerful
Countenance, Conversation Piece, Devoted Ladies, " and "Good
Behavior."
In 1914, when Nicandra is eight, all is well in the grand Irish
estate of Deer Forest. Maman is beautiful and adored. Dada, silent
and small, mooches contendedly around the stables. Aunt Tossie, of
the giant heart and bosom, is widowed but looks splendid in weeds.
The butler, the groom, the landsteward, the maids, the men--each
has a place and knows it. Then, astonishingly, the perfect surface
is shattered: Maman does something too dreadful ever to be spoken
of. "What next? Who to love?" asks Nicaranda. And through her
growing up and marriage her answer is to swamp those around her
with kindness--while gradually the great house crumbles under a
weight of manners and misunderstanding.
'The Thames is liquid history' John Burns MP (1858-1943) As the
silver thread woven through Britain's centuries, the Thames is the
subject of this significant biography. Following its course,
geologically and chronologically, THE THAMES will chart the growing
importance of the river and some of the dramatic historic events it
was central to. Since Tudor times, the Thames has been a key factor
in our understanding of the British nation. At Runnymede, in a
field by the river, England's barons forced King John to sign the
Magna Carta in 1215. At Tilbury, on the banks of the Thames, in
1588, Elizabeth exhorted her troops to defy the Spanish Armada. In
dockland, in east London, in 1940, local residents absorbed the
full fury of Hitler's dreaded Luftwaffe. Hitler tried, and failed,
to destroy the Port of London, symbol of British commercial power,
reservoir of the material needed to fuel and fund the British war
effort. This is a book about a river, but also about the evolution,
though not always smooth, of a national identity.
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