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Frost in May / [by] Antonia White

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Virago modern classics ; no.1Publication details: London : Virago, [1933, (1998 printing)]Edition: Reprint of 1st ed. / with new introduction by Elizabeth BowenDescription: 221 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780860680499
  • 9780860680499
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Scope and content: Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when, in 1908, she goes to the Convent of the Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and enthusiastic, she eagerly adapts to this closed world, learning rigid conformity and subjection to authority. Passionate friendships are the only deviation from her total obedience. Convent life - the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelty of the nuns; the glamour and eccentricity of Nanda's friends - is perfectly captured
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Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when, in 1908, she goes to the Convent of the Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and enthusiastic, she eagerly adapts to this closed world, learning rigid conformity and subjection to authority. Passionate friendships are the only deviation from her total obedience. Convent life - the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelty of the nuns; the glamour and eccentricity of Nanda's friends - is perfectly captured

Originally published: London : Desmond Harmsworth, 1933

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