A Fearful Joy.

CARY, Joyce.

$40.00

Item Number: 127443

London: Michael Joseph Limited, n.d..

Publisher’s advance proof and retained file copy of the author’s fine historical novel. Octavo, original wrappers. The publisher’s retained file copy with their stamp to the title page, “File Copy Michael Joseph Ltd.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Nichols.

This story, which covers the life of a resourceful young woman from her Victorian childhood until the Second World War, is an attempt, in the author's words "to lay bare historical change not just at the surface, but in its roots". Seduced by a bounder, Tabitha leads a terrible existence until she is taken up by Sturge, a wealthy patron of art, and becomes a famous hostess of the "Yellow Book" period, loved by artists and writers alike. “Read this book. It is a fine example of the work of one of the best contemporary novelists" (C. P. Snow).