LoginNuns and Soldiers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
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Set in London and in the South of France, this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw, bereft from the recent death of her husband, yet awakening to passion; and Anne Cavidge, who has returned in doubt from many years in a nunnery, only to encounter her personal Christ. A fascinating array of men and women hover in urgent orbit around them: the "Count," a lonely Pole obsessively reliving his émigré father's patriotic anguish; Tim Reede, a seedy yet appealing artist, and Daisy, his mistress; the manipulative Mrs. Mount; and many other magically drawn characters moving between des
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Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Release date: 30 July 2002
ISBN-10 : 0142180092 | ISBN-13: 9780142180099
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Release date: 30 July 2002
ISBN-10 : 0142180092 | ISBN-13: 9780142180099
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