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Charlotte Mendelson
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Charlotte Mendelson's When We Were Bad is a darkly comic and beautiful portrayal of a family in crisis
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Behind a crumbling facade of normality, secrets begin to stir within the Lux family home in Charlotte Mendelson's prize-winning novel Daughters of Jerusalem
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Longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Women's Prize for Fiction, Charlotte Mendelson's Almost English is an extraordinary, warm and funny novel about family, food and identity.
A beautifully observed novel by literary star Charlotte Mendelson about the joys of passionate love and those left in its wake, told with Charlotte's signature wit and wisdom.
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The fifth novel from Man Booker-longlisted and twice-longlisted Women’s Prize author Charlotte Mendelson.
Iris Murdoch
Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
Mary Renault
Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient Greek stage thrillingly to life.
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The dazzling Orange Prize shortlisted novel of a family in crisis
A rising British star makes her American debut with an excoriatingly funny yet deeply humane novel about a glamorous London family that happens to be falling apart.
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The Orange shortlisted author’s haunting debut about the pursuit of passion.
A unique celebration of gardening written by an award-winning novelist.
The fifth novel from Man Booker-longlisted and three-time longlisted Women’s Prize author Charlotte Mendelson.
Elisa Valerie Thieme
Master’s Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DEL), course: British Studies, language: English, abstract: An analysis of genesis…
Iris Murdoch’s first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Jake is captivated by a…
Elizabeth Taylor
First published in 1968, this quietly ironic novel of a bohemian, eccentric artist and the damage he causes to his family, perfectly displays Taylor’s gift for tragedy and wry comedy.
In a masterful novel that vividly recreates the world of Ancient Greece, Mary Renault tells the story of Simonides, an ugly boy destined to create beauty through his extraordinary poetic…
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Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page-turning drama of the Peloponnesian War.
