The Holiday (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Smith, Stevie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0860680673 ISBN 13: 9780860680673

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, 2001

Synopsis

Celia lives in a London suburb with her beloved aunt in the post-war England of 1949. Witty, fragile, and quixotic, Celia is preoccupied with love—for her friends, her colleagues, her relatives, and especially for her adored cousin Casmilus, with whom she goes on holiday to visit Uncle Heber, the vicar. There they talk endlessly, argue, eat, tell stories, love, and hate. Wild humor alternates with waves of melancholy as Celia obsessively ponders the inevitable anguish of love. In this entrancing autobiographical tale, Stevie Smith captures the paradox of pain in all human affections.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Virago¹s distinguished Modern Classics series is dedicated to the celebration of women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and to the rediscovery and reprinting of their work.

About the Author:

Stevie Smith was born in Hull and educated in London. She was both a poet and a novelist. She died in 1971.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0860680673
• ISBN 13: 9780860680673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202