Quartet Hardback
by Richmal Crompton
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The quartet at the heart of this delightful novel are the four Gainsborough siblings: beautiful but vain Lorna, ultra-sensitive Adrian, nature-loving Laurence and thoughtful, strange little Jenifer.
We join them in 1900 – four happy children at the heart of a loving family, idolizing their strikingly beautiful mother, shrinking from their emotionally damaged Aunt Lena and ill-tempered governess, Miss Marchant.
As their world widens on the journey to adulthood – through the advent of the motor car, the horrors of the First World War, the trials and tribulations of unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams – they must fight to keep that happiness.
But with Lorna compelled to make everyone love her, Adrian’s artistic genius crippled by over-sensitivity to criticism, and Laurence so intent on success in business that he forgets to really live, will Jenifer’s clear-sighted pragmatism be enough to save them?A beautiful exploration of love and family, Quartet has a vivid cast of characters worthy of Elizabeth Gaskell and paints a wonderful, affectionate portrait of childhood to rival Richmal Crompton’s Just William.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:350 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:20/04/2017
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- ISBN:9781509859474
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:350 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:20/04/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781509859474