Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions.
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(1963)
The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark
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The Girls of Slender Means is Dame Muriel Spark's tragic portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club itself - "three times window-shattered since 1940 but never directly hit" - its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown.
The novel's ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds.
Publish Date
1963-01-01
Publisher
Knopf
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Previews available in: English German
Subjects
Fiction, Young women, World War, 1939-1945, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, England, fiction, London (england), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Fiction, historical, Large type books, World literature, Fiction subjects, Fiction, general, English literature, Social conditionsPlaces
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Las señoritas de escasos medios
Feb 03, 2012, Editorial Impedimenta
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The Girls of Slender Means
Sep 01, 2008, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks
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The Girls of Slender Means
Sep 01, 2008, Blackstone Audiobooks, Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.
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Girls of Slender Means
1998, New Directions Publishing Corporation
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0811221040 9780811221047
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The Girls of Slender Means
September 1986, ISIS Large Print Books
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1850890536 9781850890539
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The girls of slender means
1986, ISIS Large Print
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The Girls of Slender Means
May 29, 1975, Penguin Books Ltd
Paperback
- New Impression edition
0140024263 9780140024265
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Girls of Slender Means
November 1970, Random House Inc (T)
Hardcover
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0394426371 9780394426372
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| January 28, 2024 | Edited by kathrinpassig | Merge works |
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