description: 'She has a style of exquisite beauty which yet has both force and restraint, simplicity and subtlety she has fancy and wit, delicious humour and pathos. She sees and knows men aright as no other novelist does. She has, In short, genius' Mr. Edwin Pugh
language: English
title: Precious Bane
titlecomplete: Precious Bane
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3099
awards: awardedAt: -1388505600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
category: English authors
publisher: Read Books