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Lolly Willowes
By Sylvia Townsend Warner & Alison LuriePublisher Description
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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“A bit like Lolly’s life, this book starts out slow and a little bud boring…then come the witches. I am obsessed with Lolly’s view on what witches are: women who are no longer content with what others think they should say and do. So that being said, I’m entering my witchy era.”
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Characters change and growLikable charactersDescriptive writingEasy to read
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Thought-provoking
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Characters change and growBeautifully writtenDescriptive writingUnpredictableImmersive settingThought-provoking
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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