The Story of Stanley Brent
- 75 páginas
- 3 horas de lectura
Elizabeth Berridge Libros
Elizabeth Berridge plasmó los matices de la vida suburbana y los mundos interiores de la gente común a través de sus nueve novelas y cuentos. Su prosa distintiva se caracteriza por una aguda observación y una profunda comprensión de la psicología humana. El trabajo de Berridge a menudo explora temas de cambio social y búsquedas personales en la Gran Bretaña de la posguerra. Sus cuentos, especialmente los recopilados y reeditados en 1947, ofrecen una profunda visión del tejido de la sociedad británica de su tiempo.
Tell it to a Stranger
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
A collection of short stories first published in 1947 when Elizabeth Berridge was 28.
This is a timely reissue of a 1960s novel that deals with the lingering trauma of the Second World War and the dark secrets that families carry, as well as being an early advocate of environmental issues, which chime with such resonance fifty years later.
Across the Common
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Louise returns to the house where she grew up, The Hollies. It's a refuge for the vanishing series: The Great British Aunt. There is Aunt Seraphina, who steals cuttings from under the park-keeper's nose; Aunt Rosa, who has only one eye but can hurl a cushion as straight as a die; and Aunt Cissie in her wheelchair, tiny and malevolent. Together, they probe the secrets hidden by family pride and home truths that have been conveniently forgotten...
