Miss Peabody's Inheritance |
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Author:
| Jolley, Elizabeth |
Series title: | UQP Modern Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7022-5486-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
Publisher: | University of Queensland Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $14.99USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels - with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée - is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody.
In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels - with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée - is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody.