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The Corner That Held Them

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The Corner That Held Them

De : Sylvia Townsend Warner
Lu par : Emma Gregory
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The nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we follow their daily lives over three centuries, this masterpiece of historical fiction re-creates a world run by women.

'One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty' Sarah Waters

'As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy' George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement

'Spellbinding . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page' Sunday Times

'Magnificent' Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph

© Sylvia Townsend Warner 1948 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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A classic, whose resonance deepens inside the reader in proportion to its austere, luminous discretion. Also, as it happens, a work of high, frequent comedy. As an act of imagined history this novel has few rivals
A spellbinding piece of historical fiction-spare, luminous. . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page
A magnificent recreation of the life of a medieval convent
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A book about the lives of the nuns in a convent, the story does not dwell on any one main character, but weaves events (the Black Plague, the building and collapse of a spire, the elections and deaths of a succession of prioresses) and the stories of the inhabitants of the convent. Characters come in and out, their petty jealousies, squabbles, and ambitions playing out against the backdrop of the passage of time. Although fictional, it feels authentically historical in its lack of a character-driven plot arc. Beautifully written and read.

A beautiful book about the passage of time

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