Angel - Virago Modern Classics

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Prodigy escapes drabness through extravagant storytelling.

"Angel" offers a unique peek into the mind of a young, imaginative woman defying her dreary reality through literary fantasy. The book marries the charm of youthful ambition with the bittersweet tang of isolation. If you've ever felt out of step with the world around you, Elizabeth Taylor's narrative of Angel's unwavering belief in her own mythos is a compelling journey through the eyes of an unconventional heroine.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Angel - Virago Modern Classics

Regular price ₱440.55
Unit price
per
ISBN: 9781844083077
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 2020-07-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 2710 readers)

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Writing 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 . . .After reading The Lady Irania, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are certain the novel will be a success, in spite of - and perhaps because of - its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have written such a book: 'Some old lady, romanticising behind lace-curtains' . . . 'Angelica Deverell is too good a name to be true . . . she might be an old man. It would be an amusing variation. You are expecting to meet Mary Anne Evans and in Walks George Eliot twirling his moustache.' So nothing can prepare them for the pale young woman who sits before them, with not a seed of irony or a grain of humour in her soul.
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Prodigy escapes drabness through extravagant storytelling.

"Angel" offers a unique peek into the mind of a young, imaginative woman defying her dreary reality through literary fantasy. The book marries the charm of youthful ambition with the bittersweet tang of isolation. If you've ever felt out of step with the world around you, Elizabeth Taylor's narrative of Angel's unwavering belief in her own mythos is a compelling journey through the eyes of an unconventional heroine.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.