{"product_id":"nightingale-wood-paperback","title":"Nightingale Wood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStella Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSophie Dahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sly and satirical fairytale by the author of \u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unavailable for decades, Stella Gibbons's \u003ci\u003eNightingale Wood\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully modern romance ripe for rediscovery by the many fans of \u003ci\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poor, lovely Viola has been left penniless and alone after her late husband's demise, and is forced to live with his family in their joy-less home. Its occupants are nearly insufferable: Mr. Withers is a tyrannical old miser; Mrs. Withers dismisses her as a common shop girl; and Viola's sisters-in-law, Madge and Tina, are too preoccupied with their own troubles to give her much thought. Only the prospect of the upcoming charity ball can lift her spirits-especially as Victor Spring, the local prince charming, will be there. But Victor's intentions towards the young widow are, in short, not quite honorable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStella Dorothea Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e, novelist, poet and short-story writer, was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the \u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first publication was a book of poems \u003cb\u003eThe Mountain Beast\u003c\/b\u003e (1930) and her first novel \u003cb\u003eCold Comfort Farm\u003c\/b\u003e (1932) won the Femina Vie Heuruse Prize for 1933. Amongst her other novels are \u003cb\u003eMiss Linsey and Pa\u003c\/b\u003e (1936), \u003cb\u003eNightingale Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (1938), \u003cb\u003eWestwood \u003c\/b\u003e(1946), \u003cb\u003eConference at Cold Comfort Farm \u003c\/b\u003e(1959) and \u003cb\u003eBeside the Pearly Water\u003c\/b\u003e (1954). Her \u003cb\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/b\u003e appeared in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1933 she married the actor and singer Allan Webb, who died in 1959. They had one daughter. Stella Gibbons died in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.66 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691319070783,"sku":"9780143117575","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c1f8c2ba2c8f7a5e6da15b3c7008f1ee.webp?v=1764991707","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/nightingale-wood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}