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  The Sidmouth Letters (Paperback) By (author) Jane Gardam

  

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  Short Description for The Sidmouth LettersThis collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged; a stranger, awaited with dread; and the mercurial changes in young love.
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  • Publisher: Abacus
  • Published: 01 January 1988
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Short Stories
  • ISBN 13: 9780349114088 ISBN 10: 0349114080
  • Sales rank: 363,521

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Full description for The Sidmouth Letters

• Jane Austen's love life- long the subject of speculation- is finally, delightfully dealt with in the title story of this collection. Many of the other stories, like 'The Sidmouth Letters,' bring together past and present- with sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing, often intensely moving results. With quiet elegance and devastating accuracy, Jane Gardam probes many and varied lives. We meet a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged, paying improbable tribute to a long exploited nanny; we await- with dread- a stranger to tea in an Engliish home; we witness the mercurial changes that take place in young love, and we watch as a bohemian, passionate past returns to tempt domestic bliss.