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Lolly Willowes

Written by: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
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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.

Public Domain (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Classics Literary Fiction Occult Scary Fiction
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A hidden gem

At least, it seems to be in Canada, and is not even available at my local library. I stumbled upon a reference to this book in a Guardian article about novels that feature forests. It is a complete delight and somehow feels both classic and fresh. Sarah Nichols' wry delivery is perfect for Townsend Warner's bracingly precise English and slightly weird sense of humour; I laughed out loud at "Fuseli, pronounced Fuseli" and plenty else!

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Excellent narration but terrible story

The narration is excellent but the story itself is horrible. The main character ends up making a pact with satan and turns herself into a witch so be warned this is not a conventional story.

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