{"product_id":"a-view-of-the-harbour","title":"A View Of The Harbour 40Th Anniversary Ed","description":"Elizabeth Taylor 1912-1975 Is Increasingly Recognised As One Of The Best British Writers Of The Twentieth Century. She Wrote Her First Book, \u003ci\u003eAt Mrs Lippincote's\u003c\/i\u003e, During The War While Her Husband Was In The Royal Air Force, And This Was Followed By Eleven Further Novels And A Children's Book, \u003ci\u003eMossy Trotter\u003c\/i\u003e. Her Acclaimed Short Stories Appeared In Publications Including \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eAnd \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaa\u003c\/i\u003eR.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduced By Sarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'every One Of Her Books Is A Treat And This Is My Favourite, Because Of Its Wonderful Cast Of Characters, And Because Of The Deftness With Which Taylor's Narrative Moves Between Them ... A Wonderful Writer' Sarah Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'her Stories Remain With One, Indelibly, As Though They Had Been Some Turning-Point In One's Own Experience' Elizabeth Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Faded Coastal Village Of Newby, Everyone Looks Out For - And In On - Each Other, And Beneath The Deceptively Sleepy Exterior, Passions Run High. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful Divorcee Tory Is Painfully Involved With Her Neighbour, Robert, While His Wife Beth, Tory's Best Friend, Is Consumed By The Worlds She Creates In Her Novels, Oblivious To The Relationship Developing Next Door. Their Daughter Prudence Is Aware, However, And Is Appalled By The Treachery She Observes. Mrs Bracey, An Invalid Whose Grasp On Life Is Slipping, Forever Peers From Her Window, Constantly Prodding Her Daughters For News Of The Outside World. And Lily Wilson, A Lonely Young Widow, Is Frightened Of Her Own Home. Into Their Lives Steps Bertram, A Retired Naval Officer With The Unfortunate Capacity To Inflict Lasting Damage While Trying To Do Good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks Included In The Vmc 40Th Anniversary Series Include: \u003ci\u003eFrost In May\u003c\/i\u003e By Antonia White; \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories Of Grace Paley\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFire From Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e By Mary Renault; \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Toyshop\u003c\/i\u003e By Angela Carter; \u003ci\u003eThe Weather In The Streets \u003c\/i\u003eBy Rosamond Lehmann; \u003ci\u003eDeep Water\u003c\/i\u003e By Patricia Highsmith; \u003ci\u003eThe Return Of The Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e By Rebecca West; \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e By Zora Neale Hurston; \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e By Nora Ephron; \u003ci\u003eThe Dud Avocado\u003c\/i\u003e By Elaine Dundy; \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori \u003c\/i\u003eBy Muriel Spark; \u003ci\u003eA View Of The Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e By Elizabeth Taylor; And \u003ci\u003eFaces In The Water\u003c\/i\u003e By Janet Frame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Unforgettable Picture Of Love, Loss And The Keeping Up Of Appearances. Published As Part Of A Beautifully Designed Series To Mark The 40Th Anniversary Of The Virago Modern Classics.Every One Of Her Books Is A Treat And This Is My Favourite, Because Of Its Wonderful Cast Of Characters, And Because Of The Deftness With Which Taylor's Narrative Moves Between Them ... A Wonderful Writerjane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - Soul-Sisters Alla Wonderful Novelistan Eye As Sharply All-Seeing As Her Prose-Style Is Elegant - Even The Humdrum Becomes Astonishingshe's A Favourite Of \u003ci\u003eThis \u003c\/i\u003eWriter. I've Read This Novel, Set In A Seaside Town In The 1940S, Five Times And I'm Itching To Read It Again. There's A Mother From Hell In It Who Makes Me Wince And Chucklethere Is A Deceptive Smoothness In Her Tone, Or Tone Of Voice, As In That Of Evelyn Waugh; Not A Far-Fetched Comparison, For In The Work Of Both Writers The Funny And The Appalling Lie Side By Side In Close Amityit Is Time That Justice Was Done To Elizabeth Taylor... All Her Writings Could Be Described As Coming Into The Category Of Comedy. Comedy Is The Best Vehicle For Truths That Are Too Fierce To Be Borneher Best Novels-\u003ci\u003eAt Mrs. Lippincote's\u003c\/i\u003e 1945, \u003ci\u003eA View Of The Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e 1947, \u003ci\u003eA Game Of Hide And Seek\u003c\/i\u003e 1951-Are, In Spite Of Their Prim Titles, Funny, Savage And Full Of Loneliness And Suppressed Emotion. For Her Characters, As For Their Author, Propriety Is A Survival Mechanism, A Way Of Keeping The Show On The Roadin The Faded Coastal Village Of Newby, Everyone Looks Out For - And In On - Each Other. Although Keeping Up Appearances Is Second Nature, Nothing Goes Unnoticed For Long. Beautiful Divorcee Tory Is Secretly Involved With Her Neighbour, Robert, While His Wife, Consumed By The Worlds She Creates In Her Novels, Is Oblivious To The Relationship Developing Next Door. Their Daughter Prudence, However, Is Appalled By The Treachery She Observes. Meanwhile, Mrs Bracey, Whose Grasp On Life Is Slipping, Forever Peers From Her Window, Pestering Her Daughters For Village Gossip. Into Their Lives Steps Bertram, A Retired Naval Officer With The Unfortunate Capacity To Inflict Lasting Damage While Trying To Do Good.","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738282774745,"sku":"BK0497003","price":665.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/91aEbJXk6xL._SL1500.jpg?v=1751272062","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/a-view-of-the-harbour","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}