BERESFORD-HOWE, CONSTANCE

A Population of One: A Novel

Toronto, Macmillan of Canada. 1977, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0770515754) Hardcover. Book, Willy (Wilhelmina) Doyle has two objectives: to get a job teaching and to marry somebody as promptly as possible - or at the very least to have an affair. This latter plan is labelled The Project. Our heroine is undeterred by the fact that, at 30, she is starting both projects a little late.The first objective is easily accomplished when Willy gets a job teaching in a university English department, which suits her very well. Progress on The Project, however, is more difficult to measure, in spite of the several men in Willy's new life. It is only after a romantic trip for two that Willy makes real progress on The Project- and comes to know true loneliness. Told with a wry, self-deprecatory humour that can describe sexual disasters with elegance and affection, this book is part comedy and part tragedy. Readers will enjoy meeting brave, optimistic Willy Doyle. Fine/Very Good, Slight Chips & Tears.

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Book number: 042969

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: 0770515754 Canada Fiction Canadian Writers Canadian Fiction

BERESFORD-HOWE, CONSTANCE

A Population of One: A Novel

Toronto, Macmillan of Canada. 1977, 1st Pbk Edition. (ISBN: 0772300496) Pbk. Book, Willy (Wilhelmina) Doyle has two objectives: to get a job teaching and to marry somebody as promptly as possible - or at the very least to have an affair. This latter plan is labelled The Project. Our heroine is undeterred by the fact that, at 30, she is starting both projects a little late.The first objective is easily accomplished when Willy gets a job teaching in a university English department, which suits her very well. Progress on The Project, however, is more difficult to measure, in spite of the several men in Willy's new life. It is only after a romantic trip for two that Willy makes real progress on The Project- and comes to know true loneliness. Told with a wry, self-deprecatory humour that can describe sexual disasters with elegance and affection, this book is part comedy and part tragedy. Readers will enjoy meeting brave, optimistic Willy Doyle. Very Good +/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043429

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: 0772300496 Canada Fiction Canadian Writers Canadian Fiction

BERESFORD-HOWE, CONSTANCE

Prospero's Daughter

Toronto, Macmillan of Canada. 1988, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 0771596448) Hardcover. Book, A thoughtful and touching story about life and art, about reality and illusion, and about the very great dangers inherent in confusing the two. An aging unwell writer sets out to arrange the life of his simple minded eldest daughter before his death. Crisp tight copy - looks unread. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 042658

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: 0771596448 Canada Fiction Canadian Fiction

Beresford-Howe, Constance

The Unreasoning Heart. Signed

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of the author's first book, winner of the 1945 Dodd, Mead Intercollegiate Literary Fellowship, Inscribed by her on the front free endpaper. 'For.A fine Montreal boy, with best wishes, Constance Beresford-Howe'. 8vo. 236 pp. A near fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles and decorations in a very good bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper showing some overall use. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 28500

Catalogue: Presentation & Inscribed Copies

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