2008-2019 Sixteen Novels From The Virago Modern Classics Series

Description

Publishers' Original Binding

A collection of sixteen works from Virago Press's Modern Classic series, published between 2008 and 2019.

Each bound in the publisher's striking hardcover boards.

From the library of the company's founder, Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago.

Signed by Callil to 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', 'Excellent Women', 'A Far Cry From Kensington' and 'The Magic Toyshop'.

A superb collection of works championing female authors. This collection is comprised of the following works:

'The Diary of a Provincial Lady' by E. M. Delafield.
'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston.
'Excellent Women' by Barbara Pym.
'A Game of Hide and Seek' by Elizabeth Taylor.
'A Far Cry From Kensington' by Muriel Spark.
'Valley of the Dolls' by Jacqueline Susann.
'The Magic Toyshop' by Angela Carter.
'My Cousin Rachel' by Daphne Du Maurier.
'Good Behaviour' by Molly Keane.
'The Dud Avocado' by Elaine Dundy.
'Frenchman's Creek' by Daphne Du Maurier.
'Angel' by Elizabeth Taylor.
'A View of the Harbour' by Elizabeth Taylor.
'The Talented Mr. Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith.
'Strangers on a Train' by Patricia Highsmith.
'The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton'.

With introductions from the likes of Jilly Cooper, Sally Beauman, Zadie Smith, Hilary Mantel, and others.