Penelope Fitzgerald : a life / Hermione Lee.

English writer "Fitzgerald, born into an accomplished intellectual family, the granddaughter of two bishops, led a life marked by dramatic twists of fate, moving from a bishop's palace to a sinking houseboat to a last, late blaze of renown. We see Fitzgerald's very English childhood i...

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Main Author: Lee, Hermione (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Edition:First United States edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The bishops' granddaughter
  • Learning to read
  • The "blonde bombshell"
  • Love and war
  • The world
  • The Bookshop
  • Clinging on for dear life
  • Family matters
  • The teacher
  • The useful arts
  • Enigmas
  • The prize
  • The ventriloquist
  • Innocence
  • The Beginning of Spring
  • The Gate of Angels
  • The Blue Flower
  • Last words.