{"product_id":"9781844083077","title":"Angel : A Virago Modern Classic","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Taylor, Elizabeth, Mantel, Hilary\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 6 April 2006 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) as part of 'the Virago Modern Classics' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 16 | 268g\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTELElizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah WatersWriting stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reading The Lady Irania, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are certain the novel will be a success, in spite of - perhaps because of - its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have written such a book - an elderly lady, romanticising behind lace curtains? A mustachioed rogue? They were not expecting it to be the pale, serious teenage girl, sitting before them without a hint of irony in her soul. *'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' Elizabeth Bowen 'No writer has described the English middle classes with more gently devastating accuracy' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor, Elizabeth, Mantel, Hilary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465862844600,"sku":"9781844083077","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781844083077.jpg?v=1734725350","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781844083077","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}