Someone at a Distance is a brilliant account of frailty and folly.”Born in in Lancashire, England, Dorothy Whipple wrote nine extremely successful novels, two of which were made into films. She also wrote short stories and two memoirs. She died in /5(10). · ‘Someone At a Distance’ by Dorothy Whipple is the story of a young French girl called Louise Lanier. Born of hard-working, simple parents who have worked happily all their lives as small booksellers in the small French town of Amigny, they have never climbed high in the social ladder, much to the chagrin of their aspiring www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. ‘A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love’ commented the Spectator recently about Someone at a Distance, the novel by Dorothy Whipple, which was ignored fifty years ago because ‘editors are going mad for action and passion’ (as she was told by her publisher)/5().
Dorothy Whipple. Average rating · 6, ratings · reviews · shelved 20, times. Showing 24 distinct works. sort by. popularity original publication year title average rating number of pages. Someone at a Distance. by. Dorothy Whipple. avg rating — 1, ratings — published — 7 editions. Of the three Dorothy Whipple books I have read this was the weakest. It's very Mrs. Minivar but still quaint in that it's of its time. It was published in and life is getting hard for the middleclass, not too many live in maids and the daily chars are making the rules!! out of 5 stars Someone at a Distance. Reviewed in the United. Someone at a Distance () was the first novel by Dorothy Whipple Persephone Books published, although it was the last she wrote. We chose it because we think it is her best, an outstandingly good novel by any standards. Apparently a 'fairly ordinary tale about the destruction of a happy marriage,' Nina Bawden wrote in her Preface, yet 'it.
‘A very good novel indeed about the fragility and also the tenacity of love’ commented the Spectator recently about Someone at a Distance, the novel by Dorothy Whipple, which was ignored fifty years ago because ‘editors are going mad for action and passion’ (as she was told by her publisher). Someone at a Distance. Dorothy Whipple. Persephone, - Adultery - pages. 10 Reviews. A deceptively simple plot about a deceived wife and a foolish husband. Avery and Ellen have been married. ‘Someone At a Distance’ by Dorothy Whipple is the story of a young French girl called Louise Lanier. Born of hard-working, simple parents who have worked happily all their lives as small booksellers in the small French town of Amigny, they have never climbed high in the social ladder, much to the chagrin of their aspiring daughter.
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