Margaret Forster, Author . Ballantine $24.95 (312p) ISBN 978-0-345-49633-1
An enigmatic painting by Gwen John created as the young English artist pined for her neglectful lover, Rodin, connects the disparate characters in this century-spanning sentimental tale. Forlorn Gwen paints a canvas of a corner of her Paris flat...
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Margaret Forster, Author Ballantine Books $25 (560p) ISBN 978-0-449-90715-3
Elizabeth Wilson, maid to Elizabeth Barrett, witnesses with ambivalence her sickly but charismatic mistress's affair with Robert Browning. This example of top-drawer historical fiction was a BOMC main selection in cloth. (May)
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Margaret Forster, Author Doubleday Books $19.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-385-24959-1
Forster's ( William Makepeace Thackeray , etc.) provocative biography offers arresting new information on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, her family and associates. The author gleaned a wealth of material from the voluminous Philip Kelley collection of...
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Margaret Forster, Author Doubleday Books $19.95 (548p) ISBN 978-0-385-41792-1
British novelist Forster (Georgy Girl ), whose biographies include Elizabeth Barrett Browning , lures the reader into the attic of the famous house on Wimpole Street, where Barrett's maid, Elizabeth Wilson, composes copious letters to her mother in...
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Margaret Forster, Author Doubleday Books $25 (457p) ISBN 978-0-385-42068-6
Prolific English author Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was best known for her imaginative suspense novels (especially Rebecca , 1938), although she also published biographies and plays. Here Forster ( Elizabeth Barrett Browning ) sharply analyzes du...
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Margaret Forster. Europa (Penguin, dist.), $16 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-60945-222-3
With integrity and insight, Forster (Georgy Girl) portrays a London child psychologist whose painful past won't let her go. Julia learned early in life from her mother, who never shared the mystery of her absent father, that secrecy is a helpful "pol
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