Bibliograph

Someone at a distance, by Dorothy Whipple ; with a new preface by Nina Bawden

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Someone at a distance, by Dorothy Whipple ; with a new preface by Nina Bawden

Language

eng

Abstract

"Someone at a distance" has a deceptively simple plot about a deceived wife and a foolish husband. Avery North has been contentedly married to Ellen for twenty years, they have two children and live in the rural commuter belt outside London ; when his mother advertises for a companion, the French girl who arrives sets her sights on Avery and callously threatens the happy marriage. Throughout the book Ellen and Avery are so realistically described that it is almost painful to read : this is a deeply involving and perceptive novel by the literary heir to Mrs. Gaskell

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Literary Form

novels

Main title

Someone at a distance

Responsibility statement

by Dorothy Whipple ; with a new preface by Nina Bawden

Target audience

adult

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