Lolly Willowes

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Penguin Classics
20 October 2020

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fantasy

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Townsend Warner's best-loved and most famous novel, telling the story of a middle-aged woman who gloriously becomes a witch

Lolly Willowes, always so gentle and accommodating, suddenly announces that she is moving, alone, to the countryside. To her overbearing family in London, it is a disturbing and inexplicable act of defiance. But Lolly will not be swayed, and in the depths of the English countryside she gradually discovers not only freedom and independence, but also, unexpectedly, her true vocation- witchcraft.

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 135g
ISBN: 9780241454886
ISBN 10: 0241454883
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 20 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.

Reviews for Lolly Willowes

Sylvia Townsend Warner moves with sombre confidence into the realm of the supernatural, and her prose, in its simple, abrupt evocations, has something preternatural about it -- John Updike The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever is Lolly Willowes [. . .] Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness. -- Helen McDonald * The New York Times Book Review * A great shout of life and individuality. -- Justine Jordan * Guardian *