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Synopsis
Product DescriptionRebecca West, born Cissie Fairfield in Edinburgh in 1892, cut her way to fame first through her long relationship with H. G. Wells, then as an author (BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON, much referenced as the most comprehensive fictional work ever written about the Balkans; THE MEANING OF TREASON, and THE FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWS, a novel based on her childhood). She took her pen name from a line in Ibsen. Rebecca West died in 1983. Friends remember her as a woman of disturbing brilliance, magnetism and complication.
Victoria Glendinning is a prize-winning biographer, journalist and reviewer. She has four sons and lives in London and Hertfordshire with her husband.
"A book that triumphantly conveys not only what it felt like to be Rebecca, but also how and why people fell under her spell." (The Daily Telegraph)
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Donada Peters gives a strong, animated reading of this biography of novelist Rebecca West. As a narrator, she takes charge of the book in an authoritative voice that brooks no argument. She has a firm grasp of her subject as she presents the author's commentary and reads the words of West and her contemporaries that are generously sprinkled throughout. Peters sets a brisk pace and contributes to the overall impression of West as an outspoken woman who was ultimately determined to have her say and live life on her own terms. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine--
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Book Details
Published
August 1, 1999
Publisher
Books on Tape, Inc.
ISBN
9780736646444