- Women teachers, Man-woman relationships, World War, 1914-1918, Fiction
East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye.
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Classical in form, earnest, effortless and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Helen Simonson
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 592
- Publisher
- Bond Street Books, Random House Audio, Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781101888575
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