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Lolly Willowes

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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When Laura Willowes’s beloved father dies, she is absorbed in the household of her brother and his family. There, she leaves behind “Laura” and enters into the state of “Aunt Lolly,” a genteel spinster indispensable to the upbringing of her nieces. For twenty years, Lolly is neither indulgent nor impulsive, until one day when she decides to move to a village in the Chilterns, much to her family’s chagrin.

But it’s in the countryside, among nature, where Lolly has her first taste of freedom. Duty-bound to no one except herself, she revels in the solitary life. When her nephew moves there, and Lolly feels once again thrust into her old familial role, she reaches out to the otherworldly, to the darkness, to the unheeded power within the hearts of women to feel at peace once more . . .

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Pages:: 222 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: New York Review Books Classics

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ISBN10:: 0940322161

ISBN13:: 9780940322165

kindle Asin:: B0BRQNP37K

Lolly Willowes

Sylvia Townsend Warner

3.70/5 (7500 ratings)

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When Laura Willowes’s beloved father dies, she is absorbed in the household of her brother and his family. There, she leaves behind “Laura” and enters into the state of “Aunt Lolly,” a genteel spinster indispensable to the upbringing of her nieces. For twenty years, Lolly is neither indulgent nor impulsive, until one day when she decides to move to a village in the Chilterns, much to her family’s chagrin.

But it’s in the countryside, among nature, where Lolly has her first taste of freedom. Duty-bound to no one except herself, she revels in the solitary life. When her nephew moves there, and Lolly feels once again thrust into her old familial role, she reaches out to the otherworldly, to the darkness, to the unheeded power within the hearts of women to feel at peace once more . . .

Format:

Pages:: 222 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: New York Review Books Classics

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 0940322161

ISBN13:: 9780940322165

kindle Asin:: B0BRQNP37K

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