- Title:
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The Beautiful Visit (MP3)
- Written by:
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Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Read by:
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Juliet Stevenson
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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13 hours 30 minutes
- MP3 size:
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559 MB
- Published:
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April 28 2017
- Available Date:
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April 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489391780
- Genres:
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Fiction; Sagas
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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Winner John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1951
'Distinctive, self-assured and remarkably sensual: she has always been a writer to whom smells and flavours matter a great deal.'
The Guardian
From the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard's debut.
Life had been distinctly lacking in possibilities – until The Visit. But, ever afterwards, just remembering the smell of the Lancings' house would enrapture her, taking her back to that very first day when Lucy and Gerald had picked her up from the station ...
On the eve of an unusual voyage, a young woman reviews her life. Her story begins with a 'beautiful visit' to friends in the country which serves as an awakening experience. What follows is an account of her struggle to retain the mood of her visit.
All the longing, excitement and poignant comedy of adolescence are captured in Elizabeth Jane Howard's first novel about a young girl growing up in the years around the First World War.
'Interesting and original ... Howard has true imagination and a kind of sensuous power. She creates a wonderful atmosphere of uneasiness and oppression; she can also draw scenes with ironic brilliance: hers seems to me to be a remarkable talent'
New Statesman