Angel: A Virago Modern Classic

A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century

INTRODUCED BY HILARY MANTEL

Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth - Sarah Waters


Writing stories that are extravagant and fanciful, fifteen-year old Angel retreats to a world of romance, escaping the drabness of provincial life. She knows she is different, that she is destined to become a feted authoress, owner of great riches and of Paradise House . . .

After reading The Lady Irania, publishers Brace and Gilchrist are certain the novel will be a success, in spite of - perhaps because of - its overblown style. But they are curious as to who could have written such a book - an elderly lady, romanticising behind lace curtains? A mustachioed rogue?

They were not expecting it to be the pale, serious teenage girl, sitting before them without a hint of irony in her soul.

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''Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one''s own experience'' Elizabeth Bowen

''No writer has described the English middle classes with more gently devastating accuracy'' Rebecca Abrams, Spectator

• | Author: Elizabeth Taylor
• | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• | Publication Date: Apr 06, 2006
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781844083077
• | ISBN-10: 1844083071