Author: | Hugh Walpole | ISBN: | 9781411451315 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | May 10, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Hugh Walpole |
ISBN: | 9781411451315 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | May 10, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
A father returns from a lonely twenty years’ exile in Australia, to find his only son cold and unwelcoming. Walpole’s first novel (1909) was praised for its fine observation of the small moments of ordinary lives, and for its depiction of Cornwall’s brooding seaside.
A father returns from a lonely twenty years’ exile in Australia, to find his only son cold and unwelcoming. Walpole’s first novel (1909) was praised for its fine observation of the small moments of ordinary lives, and for its depiction of Cornwall’s brooding seaside.