Presents an ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage.
First published in 1953, about an Englishman's tragic destruction of his previously happy marriage.
'The Priory' is about the decline of a large English country house. First published in 1939, it is reissued by Persephone Books to form a pair with 'Manja' by Anna Gmeyner.[...]
Dorothy Whipple's key theme in her stories is 'Live and Let Live'. And what she describes throughout her short stories are people, and particularly parents, who defy this maxim. This work features ten short stories from three volumes of stories that Dorothy published in her lifetime.[...]
A 1930 novel by Persephone Books' most popular writer about a girl who sets up a dress shop.