The Maiden in the Garden
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The Maiden in the Garden
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The Maiden in the Garden is the first novel in the Frederica Quartet, considered perhaps the crowning achievement of Dame Antonia Susan Byatt, OBE. The tetralogy was written over a quarter of a century, and its plot also spans a quarter of a century, with the first two novels published before the Booker Prize-winning international bestseller Possession, and the third and fourth after.
The book is an unpredictable intersection and resonance of modern comedy of manners and Elizabethan drama, and life imitates art. The Yorkshire Potter family is preparing to celebrate the coronation of the new monarch, Elizabeth II, along with the rest of the empire. But the younger generation has its own concerns: Stephanie, tired of her father's authoritarianism, is preparing to marry the local priest; the mathematical prodigy Marcus is haunted by disturbing visions; and for Frederica, desperate to plunge into the big world, a passion for a young playwright could serve as a ticket to freedom...
The book is an unpredictable intersection and resonance of modern comedy of manners and Elizabethan drama, and life imitates art. The Yorkshire Potter family is preparing to celebrate the coronation of the new monarch, Elizabeth II, along with the rest of the empire. But the younger generation has its own concerns: Stephanie, tired of her father's authoritarianism, is preparing to marry the local priest; the mathematical prodigy Marcus is haunted by disturbing visions; and for Frederica, desperate to plunge into the big world, a passion for a young playwright could serve as a ticket to freedom...
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The Big Novel