by Jane Gardam · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114088
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«The Sidmouth Letters» is Jane Gardam's collection of short stories published by Abacus in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The title story of «The Sidmouth Letters» speculates about Jane Austen's love life. Other stories combine past and present with comic, unsettling or moving results, and portray three Kensington widows, a stranger who comes to tea, and a young love that changes with the return of a bohemian past.
«The Sidmouth Letters» was originally published in 1980 and includes stories such as «The Tribute», «Hetty Sleeping» and «Transit Passengers».
For readers of literary fiction and short narrative who appreciate irony, precision and psychological depth.
Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.
