num_pages: 384
description: Orphaned at sixteen, Portia must learn to live with unknown relatives
language: English
title: The Death of the Heart
titlecomplete: The Death of the Heart
characters: Mrs. Heccomb, Portia Quayne, Anna Quayne, Daphne Heccomb, Dickie Heccomb, St. Quentin Miller, Eddie, Matchett, Thomas Quayne
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 8062
places: London, England
publisher: Knopf