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From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession, a dazzling new novel that spans the years from the Victorian era through World War I and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.

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Main Author: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-
Other Authors: Landor, Rosalyn
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Language:English
Published: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
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Women authors > Fiction.
Children and adults > Fiction.
Runaway children > Fiction.
Country homes > England > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > England > Fiction.
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Coming-of-age fiction.
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Summary:From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession, a dazzling new novel that spans the years from the Victorian era through World War I and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
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Duration: 30:17:05.
Playing Time:30:17:05
Format:Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 435205 KB; MP3 file size: 853143 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780307702821
0307702820
Author Notes:A.S. Byatt was born on August 24, 1936 in Sheffield, England. She received a B.A. from Newnham College, Cambridge in 1957, did graduate study at Bryn Mawr College from 1957-58, and attended Somerville College, Oxford from 1958-59. She was a staff member in the extra-mural department at the University of London from 1962-71. From 1968-69, she was also a part-time lecturer in the liberal studies department of the Central School of Art and Design, London. She was a lecturer at University College from 1972-80 and then senior lecturer from 1981-83.

She became a full-time writer in 1983. Her works include The Biographer's Tale, The Virgin in the Garden, Babel Tower, A Whistling Woman, and The Children's Book. She also wrote numerous collections of short stories including Sugar and Other Stories, The Matisse Stories, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye, Elementals, and Little Black Book of Stories. Byatt received the English Speaking Union fellowship in 1957-58, the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983, the Silver Pen Award for Still Life, and the Booker Prize for Possession: A Romance in 1990.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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