Bowen, Elizabeth 1899-1973

The hotel by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
94 editions published between 1927 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,367 libraries worldwide
Following a group of British tourists vacationing on the Italian Riviera during the 1920s, The Hotel explores the social and emotional relationships that develop among the well-heeled residents of the eponymous establishment. When the young Miss Sydney falls under the sway of an older woman, Mrs. Kerr, a sapphic affair simmers right below the surface of Bowen's writing, creating a rich story that often relies as much on what is left unsaid as what is written on the page. Bowen depicts an intense interpersonal drama with wit and suspense, while playing with and pushing the English language to its boundaries

To the North by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
101 editions published between 1932 and 2016 in English and held by 1,155 libraries worldwide
An unlikely, but irresistible, love affair provides the framework for this absorbing novel of passion and solitude. Quiet, aloof and consciously solitary, Emmeline is unprepared for the violence of her attraction to Markie; but once she has succumbed to it, she far surpasses him in the depth and generosity of her surrender. The affairs of Cecilia, Emmeline's vivacious and gregarious sister-in-law, provide a sparkling counterpoint to Miss Bowen's main theme. There is also the girls' worrisome aunt, Lady Waters, a character Evelyn Waugh would be proud to claim, who "enlarged her own life into ripples of apprehension on everybody's behalf." Cool, clear, and wonderfully witty, To the North nonetheless combines passion and perception in the unique manner familiar to admirers of The Death of the Heart and The Heat of the Day

A time in Rome by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
28 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,055 libraries worldwide

Bowen's Court by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
54 editions published between 1942 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 940 libraries worldwide
Elizabeth Bowen recalls her family and her Dublin childhood as seen through the eyes of a child who could not read until she was seven and who fed her imagination only on sights and sounds

The Heritage of British literature by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
12 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 785 libraries worldwide
Introducing or re_introducing us to the pleasures of the most memorable works and writers through the centuries. Lord David Cecil as a poet, Graham Greene as a dramatist, Elizabeth Bowen as a novelist, Kate O'Brien for diaries and journals and Anthony Burgess defines the place of British literature in the contemporary world

Friends and relations by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
36 editions published between 1931 and 2017 in English and held by 770 libraries worldwide
"During a soft English summer in the 1920s, the Studdart sisters marry and set up house, one in London and one in a country estate. However, things are not as they seem. Using careful, elliptical prose interspersed with quips and populated by memorable characters, Elizabeth Bowen reveals how these seemingly placid lives are anchored in lies"--Page 4 of cover

English novelists by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
58 editions published between 1900 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 746 libraries worldwide

Look at all those roses, short stories by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
29 editions published between 1941 and 1967 in English and held by 726 libraries worldwide

People, places, things : essays by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
14 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 263 libraries worldwide
The essays assembled in this volume were published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Elizabeth Bowen's lifetime and are collected here for the first time

The bazaar and other stories by Elizabeth Bowen( Book )
9 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
A prolific writer of short stories, Elizabeth Bowen claimed towards the end of her life that "a story deals in the not-yet-thought-of but always possible." Covering a range of situations - broken engagements, encounters with ghosts, brushes with crime - these stories demonstrate the virtuosity of technique that characterizes all of Bowen's writing. With this collection, Bowen, gifted with keen social observation, justifies her place in the company of D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce