num_pages: 176
description: This is London 1945, when all nice people are poor. Muriel Spark sets us down among the girls of good family but slender means as they fight it out, from their Kensington hostel to the last clothing coupon until this charmingly light-hearted period in their lives descends into horror and tragedy.
language: English
title: The Girls of Slender Means
titlecomplete: The Girls of Slender Means
characters: Nicholas Farringdon, Selina Redwood, Jane Wright
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 7023
places: England, London, England
publisher: Perigee Trade