{"product_id":"lolly-willowes-paperback","title":"Lolly Willowes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle-class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead.\" -- John Updike \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forty-seven-year-old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places that impels her to flee London for a remote village. Lolly soon discovers that her new neighbors are a coven of bohemian witches and eventually encounters Satan himself -- a genial country gentleman who's ready to make a pact. \u003cbr\u003e The first-ever selection of the Book of the Month Club upon its 1926 publication, \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e was a surprise international bestseller. This proto-feminist work has since been chosen as one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Novels of All Time, and it remains a richly satirical novel that celebrates the joys of self-actualization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Revolutionary ... a subtle demand for women's power over their own lives.\" -- Alison Lurie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Remarkable ... pungent and satisfying.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was a British author who began her self-proclaimed \"accidental career\" as a poet after she was given paper with a \"particularly tempting surface.\" Originally a musicologist, Warner was one of the editors of the 10-volume Tudor Church Music and was also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eGrove's Dictionary of Music. Lolly Willowes, \u003c\/i\u003eher first novel, was the first selection of the Book of the Month Club. In addition to her short stories, 144 of which appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eWarner also published many collections of short fiction, novels, volumes of poetry, and works of nonfiction, including\u003ci\u003e Jane Austen: 1775-1817 \u003c\/i\u003eand the semiautobiographical, posthumously published \u003ci\u003eScenes of Childhood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700221808703,"sku":"9780486843483","price":15.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dcffdc02bbe7ae1cc78735979eea5b76.webp?v=1765015932","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lolly-willowes-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}