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OverviewElsie, sheltered and naive, is seventeen and unhappy. Stifled by life with her bickering parents in a bleak Cornish village, she falls in love with the first presentable young man she meets Peter, an ambitious London doctor. On his advice she runs away from home and goes to live with her sister Leonora, who escaped eight years earlier. But there are surprises in store for conventional Elsie as her sister has a rather bohemian lifestyle: not only does Leo live in a houseboat on the Thames where she writes Westerns for a living, she shares her boat and her bed with Helen. When Peter pays a visit, turning his attention from one 'friendly young lady' to the next, he disturbs the calm for each of them with results unforeseen by all. Mary Renault wrote this delightfully provocative novel in 1943 partly in answer to the despair characteristic of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness. The result is this witty and stylish social comedy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Renault, PSE , Imogen ChurchPublisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Imprint: Audible Studios on Brilliance Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 17.10cm ISBN: 9781511340007ISBN 10: 1511340002 Publication Date: 01 December 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |