The Fountain Overflows (Virago modern classics)

The Fountain Overflows (Virago modern classics)

by Amanda Craig (Introduction), Amanda Craig (Introduction), Rebecca West (Author)

Synopsis

Rose Aubrey is one of a family of four children. Their father, Piers, is the disgraced son of an Irish landowning family, a violent, noble and quite unscrupulous leader of popular causes. His Scottish wife, Clare, is an artist, a tower of strength, fanatically devoted to a musical future for her daughters. This is the story of their life in south London, a life threatened by Piers's streak of tragic folly which keeps them on the verge of financial ruin and social disgrace ...'A book bursting with love and vitality' DAILY EXPRESS

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago
Published: 31 Dec 1984

ISBN 10: 0860684938
ISBN 13: 9780860684930

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Author Bio
Rebecca West was born in London in 1892. She was educated in Edinburgh and began to appear in print as a journalist in London as early as 1911. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1959 and died in March 1983.