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The House of Fiction

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The House of Fiction

By Phyllis Richardson

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About the book

Houses in literature have captured readers' imaginations for centuries, from Gothic castles to Georgian stately homes, Bloomsbury townhouses and high-rise penthouses. Step on to a tour of real and imagined houses that great English writers have used to reflect the themes of their novels... houses that became like characters themselves, embodiments of the social and historical currents of their time.Phyllis Richardson takes us on a journey through history to discover how authors' personal experie...Show more

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ISBN

9781783523801

Publisher

Random House UK

Published year

2017

Language

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1

Original title

The House of Fiction

Format

Hardcover

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