The Flint Anchor

By: Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Paperback | 1 June 2021 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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1.8 x 12.8 x 19.7

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A brilliant exploration of power and dysfunction in Victorian England.

Pillar of society and stern upholder of Victorian values, god-fearing Norfolk merchant John Barnard presides over a large and largely unhappy family. This is their story - his brandy-swilling wife, their hapless offspring and their changing fortunes - over the decades. Sylvia Townsend Warner's last novel,<i The Flint Anchor gloriously overturns our ideas of history, family and storytelling itself.

About the Author

Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.

Industry Reviews

A novel created with solidity and subtlety of feeling, a fusion of warmth, wit and quietly biting shrewdness that are reminiscent of Jane Austen
Atlantic Review

One of our most idiosyncratic, courageous and versatile writers
Hermione Lee

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