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Miss Peabody's Inheritance

In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels – with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée – is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody.

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  • "In Arabella Thorne, Elizabeth Jolley has created a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels - with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protegee - is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful life of drab Miss Peabody."
  • "Story within a story. Dorothy Peabody is bored with her clerical work, and her role as her mother's carer. She begins to correspond with novelist Diana Hopewell, who sends extracts from her novel in progress. The novel concerns a headmistress travelling around Europe with several companions. As Miss Peabody becomes more involved with the tale, her life becomes inextricably tied with the fictitious events."
  • "In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels – with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée – is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody."
  • "In this potent tale of love and loneliness, Elizabeth Jolley has woven two parallel stories into a dazzlingly original novel. Arabella Thorne is a brilliant, witty and accomplished woman. The exotic tale of this flamboyant eccentric and her European travels – with jealous secretary and shy schoolgirl protégée – is the inheritance that transforms the uneventful suburban life of Miss Peabody."@en
  • "A lonely London spinster's correspondence with an Australian novelist leads her to new freedom."@en
  • "Miss Peabody, a lonely spinster in London, writes a fan letter to Diana Hopewell, an Australian novelist. In reply, Hopewell sends installments of her novel-in-progress, the zany adventures of a trio of gently lesbian ladies, a headmistress and two companions, touring Europe with a hapless student. With each mail delivery, Miss Peabody's involvement with the novelist and her characters intensifies until fantasy and reality poignantly merge."@en
  • "Miss Peabody, a lonely spinster in London, writes a fan letter to Diana Hopewell, an Australian novelist. In reply, Hopewell sends installments of her novel-in-progress, the zany adventures of a trio of gently lesbian ladies, a headmistress and two companions, touring Europe with a hapless student. With each mail delivery, Miss Peabody's involvement with the novelist and her characters intensifies until fantasy and reality poignantly merge."

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  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Lesbian fiction"@en
  • "Lesbian fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "L'héritage de Miss Peabody"
  • "L'Héritage de Miss Peabody"
  • "Miss Peabody's Inheritance"
  • "Miss Peabody's Inheritance"@en
  • "Miss Peabody's Inheritance"@it
  • "Fröken Peabody hlotnast arfur"
  • "L'heritage de Miss Peabody"
  • "El legado de Miss Peabody"@es
  • "El legado de Miss Peabody"
  • "Miss Peabody's inheritance : a novel"@en
  • "Miss Peabody's inheritance"@en
  • "Miss Peabody's inheritance"

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