by Caroline Blackwood · Pomaire · tapa dura · ISBN 9788428602044
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«La Hijastra» is the novel by Caroline Blackwood published by Pomaire in hardback (133 pages, in Spanish).
An unhappy housewife vents by mentally writing letters to friends who do not exist and laments her misfortunes. Her spirits sink when Arnold abandons her and leaves for Paris, leaving her in the care of her daughter, a young French woman who seems determined to torment her.
Work originally published in 1976 as The Stepdaughter and winner of the David Higham Prize; the Spanish edition is from 1977.
Will appeal to readers of twentieth-century literary fiction, especially those who enjoy the short novel and the Gothic tone.
Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, known as Caroline Blackwood, was an English writer, socialite, and muse. Her novels have been praised for their wit and intelligence. One of her works is an autobiography, which detailed her wealthy but unhappy childhood. She was born into an aristocratic British family, the eldest child of the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and of Maureen Constance Guinness. Her husbands were accomplished figures in their own fields.
