Penelope Fitzgerald : a life / Hermione Lee.
| Author/creator |
Lee, Hermione author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First United States edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2013 |
| Description | xvi, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Abstract | 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 in the village of Hampstead; her Oxford years, when she was known as the 'blonde bombshell'; her impoverished adulthood as a struggling wife, mother, and schoolteacher, raising a family in difficult circumstances; and the long-delayed start to her literary career"--Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Text in English. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| LCCN | 2013047581 |
| ISBN | 9780385352345 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0385352344 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | (ebk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR6056 .I86 Z74 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |