The Flint Anchor

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Penguin
01 June 2021

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

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A brilliant exploration of power and dysfunction in Victorian England

Pillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god-fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story - his brandy-swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes - over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel, The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and storytelling itself.

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9780241476086
ISBN 10: 0241476089
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
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 The Flint Anchor

A novel created with solidity and subtlety of feeling, a fusion of warmth, wit and quietly biting shrewdness that are reminiscent of Jane Austen * Atlantic Review * One of our most idiosyncratic, courageous and versatile writers -- Hermione Lee