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  • Lolly Willowes

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    "The story of a woman who rejects the life that society has fixed for her in favor of freedom and the most unexpected of alliances." — The New York Times Book ReviewIn her acclaimed debut novel, the twentieth-century English writer "moves with somber confidence into the realm of the supernatural, and her prose, in its simple, abrupt evocations, has something preternatural about it. This is the ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mr Fortune's Maggot. Illustrated

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Mr Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner is a subtle and deeply reflective novel that explores faith, identity, and the complexities of cultural encounter. Centered on the gentle and earnest missionary Timothy Fortune, the story follows his journey to a remote South Pacific island, where he hopes to bring spiritual guidance to its inhabitants. At first committed to his religious mission, Mr. ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Lolly Willowes

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul' GuardianLolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling than family: witchcraft.'The book I'll ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Corner That Held Them

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'One of the great British novels of the twentieth century: a narrative of extraordinary reach, power and beauty' Sarah WatersThe nuns who enter a medieval Norfolk convent are told to renounce the world, but the world still finds ways to trouble them, whether it is through fire, floods, pestilence, a collapsing spire, jealous rivalries, a priest with a secret or a plague of caterpillars. As we ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Lolly Willowes

    or, The Loving Huntsman

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    In this delightful and witty novel, Laura Willowes rebels against pressure to be the perfect "maiden aunt." Not interested in men or the rushed life of London, Laura is forced to move there from her beloved countryside after the death of her father. Finally, she strikes out for the countryside on her own, selling her soul to an affable but rather simpleminded devil. First written in the 1920s, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Summer Will Show

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Sophia Willoughby, a young Englishwoman from an aristocratic family and a person of strong opinions and even stronger will, has packed her cheating husband off to Paris. He can have his tawdry mistress. She intends to devote herself to the serious business of raising her two children in proper Tory fashion.Then tragedy strikes: the children die, and Sophia, in despair, finds her way to Paris, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Lolly Willowes; or, The Loving Huntsman

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Discover a beautifully original blend of fantasy, wit, and quiet rebellion in Lolly Willowes; or, The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner. This enchanting novel follows Laura Willowes as she leaves behind the expectations of family life in search of independence and fulfillment in the English countryside. Combining subtle humor, folklore, and magical realism, this beloved classic is a ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • The True Heart

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'The kind of novelist who inspires an intense sense of ownership in her fans ... her sympathies tended naturally to the marginal, the vulnerable, the exploited, the obscure' Sarah WatersSukey Bond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, is sent to work as a servant at a farm on the remote Essex Marshes. There she falls in love with gentle, unworldly Eric, the son of the rector's wife, only for them to be ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    First published in 1926, ‘Lolly Willowes or the Loving Huntsman’ is an amusing and witty novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner, an English novelist, poet, and musicologist. In this, Laura Willowes revolutionaries against coercion to be the perfect ‘maiden aunt’. Not curious about men or the hustled life of London, Laura is compelled to move there from her cherished countryside after the death of her ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Lolly Willowes

    Or the Loving Huntsman

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Narrated by Sarah Nichols ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    In Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner tells of an aging spinster's struggle to break away from her controlling family—a classic story that she treats with cool feminist intelligence, while adding a dimension of the supernatural and strange. Warner is one of the outstanding and indispensable mavericks of twentieth-century literature, a writer to set beside Djuna Barnes and Jane Bowles, with a ... Read more

    $23.75 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Lolly Willowes : or, the loving huntsman

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    Lolly Willowes: or, The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner is a captivating and unconventional novel that blends elements of fantasy, feminism, and dark comedy. The story follows Laura Willowes, a spinster who defies societal expectations by embracing a life of independence and adventure in the English countryside.After the death of her overbearing father and the departure of her family, ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Classic Collection of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Illustrated

    Lolly Willowes, Mr Fortune’s Maggot

    by Sylvia Townsend Warner ...
    The Classic Collection of Sylvia Townsend Warner brings together two of the author’s most distinctive and thought-provoking novels, Lolly Willowes; or, The Loving Huntsman and Mr Fortune's Maggot, in an illustrated edition that highlights her unique literary voice. In Lolly Willowes, Warner tells the quietly rebellious story of a woman who rejects the expectations imposed upon her by family and ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD