British Library Women Writers #12: The Love Child

British Library Women Writers #12: The Love Child
Simon Thomas, Edith Olivier
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14 Oct 2021 UK
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' She had saved her. But at what a cost! Her position, her name, her character - she had given them all, but Clarissa was hers. ' Upon the death of her mother, Agatha Bodenham finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Solitary and socially awkward by nature, she starts to dream about her imaginary childhood friend - the only friend she ever had. Much to her surprise, Clarissa starts to appear, fleetingly at first, and engage with her, and eventually becomes visible to everyone else. Agatha, a 32-year- old spinster, must explain the child' s ' sudden' appearance. In a moment of panic, she pretends that Clarissa is her own daughter, her love child. Olivier constructs a mother/daughter relationship which is both poignant and playful. As the years roll by and Clarissa grows into a beautiful young woman, Agatha' s love becomes increasingly obsessive as she senses Clarissa slipping away, attracted by new interests and people her own age.

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Edith Olivier (1872-1948) won a scholarship to read history at St Hughes College, Oxford, where she occasionally dined with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll). Her friends included the author Sylvia Townsend Warner, writer and publisher David Garnett and the artist Rex Whistler, who created illustrations for several of her books. The Love Child was Olivier' s first novel, published in 1927.
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ISBN-13: 9780712353649
Published: 14 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 190mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 208

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