This Real Night, 9780860686699
Paperback
Family, love, and loss amidst war’s gathering storm in Edwardian England.

This Real Night

  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    14 March 1996

Summary

Acknowledged as Rebecca West’s fictional masterpiece, The Fountain Overflows introduces the crisis-ridden Aubrey family. Real Night continues their remarkable story. It is the early 1900s. With the disappearance of Piers, her feckless and gambling husband, and the sale of some valuable paintings, Clare Aubrey has a firmer grip on the purse strings. Rose and Mary are at music college, struggling for artistic perfection, while the self-assured Cordelia has fallen into the role…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780860686699
ISBN-10:0860686698
Author:Rebecca West
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Edition:New edition
Release Date:14 March 1996
Weight:190g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 22mm
Series:Virago Modern Classics
What They're Saying

Critics Review

To finish the book is to suffer a bereavement

‘A lastingly important English writer’ MARGHANITA LASKI ‘Rebecca West’s novel touches the very essence of life’ SYBILLE BEDFORD

About The Author

Rebecca West

Rebecca West (1892-1983) was born in London. As literary critic, biographer, journalist and novelist, she dominated the world of letters for over 70 years.

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