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The corner that held them

Title
The corner that held them / Sylvia Townsend Warner ; introduction by Claire Harman.
Author
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978
Publication
  • New York : New York Review Books, [2019]
  • ©1988

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Book/TextUse in library JFD 20-2593Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
Harman, Claire
Description
xiii, 399 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"To become a nun in the fourteenth century was often a business transaction rather than a spiritual calling; it is small wonder, then, that the inhabitants of the Benedictine convent of Oby are prey to worldly ambitions, frustrations, pleasures and jealousies. An outbreak of the Black Death the collapse of the convent spire and a disappearance are the dramas that strike this cloistered community, which is brought vividly to life in Sylvia Townsend Warner's masterpiece"--
Series Statement
New York Review Books Classics
Uniform Title
New York Review Books classics.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • History.
Call Number
JFD 20-2593
ISBN
  • 9781681373874
  • 1681373874
  • 9781681373881 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019017347
OCLC
1079846177
Author
Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978, author.
Title
The corner that held them / Sylvia Townsend Warner ; introduction by Claire Harman.
Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2019]
Copyright Date
©1988
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New York Review Books Classics
New York Review Books classics.
Chronological Term
1300-1399
Added Author
Harman, Claire, writer of introduction.
Other Editions:
Reproduction of (manifestation): Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978 Corner that held them London : Virago Press, 1988.
Research Call Number
JFD 20-2593
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