Rebecca West: A Life

Rebecca West: A Life

by VictoriaGlendinning (Author)

Synopsis

The award-winning author Victoria Glendinning was commissioned by Rebecca West herself to write a 'short' biography:she has achieved an exceptionally vivid and moving portrait of this remarkable woman. The story of Rebecca West,who lived from 1892 until 1983,is the story of a twentieth century women.As a teenager,she marched with the suffragettes; she had an affair with H G Wells and became an unmarried mother.A radical socialist in her youth and a passionate opponent of Communism in her later years,she won fame as a novelist,critic,travelk-writer and journalist.But her personal life was often as stormy and complex as her public life. In this sympathetic but clear-eyed biography,Victoria Glendinning tells a disturbing story that will evoke admiratrion and pity for an extraordinary woman.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 02 Feb 1998

ISBN 10: 1857994744
ISBN 13: 9781857994742
Book Overview: * An outstanding biography of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women. * Victoria Glendinning is the highly acclaimed author of various biographies which have received widespread review coverage. * She has won several awards for her work including the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Prize for Biography. * EDITH SITWELL and ELIZABETH BOWEN are also available as Phoenix Paperbacks.

Author Bio
Victoria Glendinning is a freelance writer, well-known for her successful biographies and novels. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Prize for Biography twice, the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. She is also President of English PEN and a Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London, but travels widely, particularly to Provence and south-west Ireland.