Author: Margaret Drabble
Title: A Collection of Novels by Margaret Drabble
Description: London, Viking; Atlantic Books; Penguin Classics; Canongate, 1996-2013. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven first edition novels from English author Dame Margaret Drabble. Seven volumes. First edition. With original press release statements for The Seven Sisters and The Pure Gold Baby. Written by Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. This set contains: The Witch of Exmoor, 1996. A social novel, with a focus on exploring the state of post-Thatcher Britain through the Dickensian satire of the Palmer family. The Peppered Moth, 2000. Following the experiences of three generations of women within one family, and contains several elements that are loosely based on Drabble's own biographical experience. The Seven Sisters, 2002. Reflecting on a mid-life crisis of an estranged Candida, when she moves to a rundown London apartment, following her evasive and sometimes deceptive representation of events. The Red Queen, 2004. Describing the trip of a British academic, Dr. Babs Halliwell, to Seoul to give a paper at a conference after reading the memoir of a nineteenth-century Korean princess. The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws, 2009. The history of the solace found in assembling jigsaws, a uniquely British form of meditation, from its earliest incarnation in dissected maps to the present day. A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Collected Stories, 2011. A collection of thirteen short stories, including: Faithful Lovers, Crossing the Alps, A Success Story, The Merry Widow, and The Caves of God. The Pure Gold Baby, 2013. When an anthropologist accidentally gets pregnant, she decides to keep the child. This novel focuses on examining her life in the upper crust of 1960s and 70s London, through the academic and analytical perspective of the character's anthropological training. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Drabble Witch Peppered Seven Sisters Witch Pattern Gold Baby None
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Title: A Collection of Novels by Margaret Drabble
Description: London, Viking; Atlantic Books; Penguin Classics; Canongate, 1996-2013. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven first edition novels from English author Dame Margaret Drabble. Seven volumes. First edition. With original press release statements for The Seven Sisters and The Pure Gold Baby. Written by Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. This set contains: The Witch of Exmoor, 1996. A social novel, with a focus on exploring the state of post-Thatcher Britain through the Dickensian satire of the Palmer family. The Peppered Moth, 2000. Following the experiences of three generations of women within one family, and contains several elements that are loosely based on Drabble's own biographical experience. The Seven Sisters, 2002. Reflecting on a mid-life crisis of an estranged Candida, when she moves to a rundown London apartment, following her evasive and sometimes deceptive representation of events. The Red Queen, 2004. Describing the trip of a British academic, Dr. Babs Halliwell, to Seoul to give a paper at a conference after reading the memoir of a nineteenth-century Korean princess. The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws, 2009. The history of the solace found in assembling jigsaws, a uniquely British form of meditation, from its earliest incarnation in dissected maps to the present day. A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Collected Stories, 2011. A collection of thirteen short stories, including: Faithful Lovers, Crossing the Alps, A Success Story, The Merry Widow, and The Caves of God. The Pure Gold Baby, 2013. When an anthropologist accidentally gets pregnant, she decides to keep the child. This novel focuses on examining her life in the upper crust of 1960s and 70s London, through the academic and analytical perspective of the character's anthropological training. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Drabble Witch Peppered Seven Sisters Witch Pattern Gold Baby None
Price: GBP 145.00 = appr. US$ 207.06 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 929T96
- Book number: 929T96
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