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THE WITCHY FEMINIST CLASSIC: The “beautifully written . . . extraordinary” story of an English spinster who rejects the life society has given her—and becomes a witch instead (Helen McDonald, New York Times Book Review).
“Witty, eerie, tender.” —John Updike
In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster’s struggle to break away from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange.
Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of 20th-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.
“Witty, eerie, tender.” —John Updike
In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster’s struggle to break away from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange.
Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of 20th-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a subversive genius that anticipates the fantastic flights of such contemporaries as Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.
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“Early feminist lit featuring a spinster to witch character arc? Yes please, right up my street🙏”
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“Cool premise and meaning but writing style not for me I was so lost half of the time”
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“Well. That was weird. The first two-thirds are so ordinary, and then the last third gets really weird, but in an ordinary way? This is a book that Means Something, but it is less interesting as a story.”About Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978) was a poet, short-story writer, and novelist, as well as an authority on early English music and a devoted member of the Communist Party. Her many books include Mr. Fortune’s Maggot and Lolly Willows (both published by NYRB Classics), The Corner that Held Them, andKingdoms of Elfin.
Alison Lurie is a former Professor of English at Cornell. Her most recent novel is Truth and Consequences.
Alison Lurie is a former Professor of English at Cornell. Her most recent novel is Truth and Consequences.
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