The Girls of Slender Means
Author:
Muriel Spark
"Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions…" Thus begins Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club building itself-"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"-its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal, practicing elocution and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. But the novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds.
Product Details ⌃
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ISBN:
9781433276798
SKU#:
4211
Publisher:
Blackstone Audio
Genre:
Literary Fiction
Duration:
03:19:19
Release Date:
June 1, 2009
Language:
English
