The Transit of Venus: The richly evocative modern classic

The award-winning literary masterpiece of Shirley Hazzard - the story of two beautiful orphan sisters whose fates are as moving and wonderful, and yet as predestined, as the transits of the planets themselves. Now reissued as a Virago Classic with Bite

''A wonderfully mysterious book . . . unforgettably rich'' ANNE TYLER

Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice, she is to find that love brings passion, sorrow, betrayal and finally hope. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage. But as the decades pass and the characters weave in and out of each other''s lives, love, death and two slow-burning secrets wait in ambush for them.

From the Orange Prize shortlisted author of THE GREAT FIRE

• | Author: Shirley Hazzard
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Jan 22, 2026
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780349020907
• | ISBN-10: 0349020906