Vainglory
with Inclinations and Caprice
Introduction by - Richard Canning
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 31 May 2012
£10.99
Synopsis
The fairly young and entirely alive Mrs Shamefoot wants nothing more than to have a memorial stained-glass window erected in her honour in an English cathedral. From this premise, the inimitable Ronald Firbank extends his witty, eccentric Vainglory, with a crowded cast of hilariously drawn characters - Winsome Brooks, Lady Anne Pantry, Miss Wookie, Mrs Barrow of Dawn and Mrs Steeple - a riot of parties, and a bottomless sense of the ridiculous. Admired by Auden, Forster and Waugh, Firbank's fine comic skill, quick-fire dialogue and descriptive flights of fancy are perfectly captured in Vainglory, his first and longest novel, as well as in two novellas included here - Inclinations and Caprice.
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141196336
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 384
Published : 31 May 2012
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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Vainglory
with Inclinations and Caprice
Introduction by - Richard Canning
£10.99
