num_pages: 320
description: By one of the most original writers of the twentieth century"" ( Reference &amp; Research Book News), this early novel foreshadows Kavan's later development. ""This 1929 novel, set in an English industrial town, depicts the lives of a woman and her children who suffer at the hands of an oppressive husband and father."" - Library Journal. ""Kavan's prose is like pollen, frail yet enduring. She is de Quincey's heir, Kafka's sister and a true writer."" - Brian Aldiss.
language: English
title: A Charmed Circle
titlecomplete: A Charmed Circle
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, British Literature
ratings_count: 42
publisher: Peter Owen Ltd