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The Girls of Slender Means
- Author
- Muriel Spark
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 18 October 2012
- Run Time
- 3 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
It is 1945; a time of cultural and political change, and also one of slender means. Spark's evocative and sharply drawn novel focuses on a group of women living together in a hostel in Kensington who face new challenges in uncertain times.
The novel is at once dramatic and character-based, and shows Muriel Spark at the height of her literary powers.
Juliet Stevenson reads with her customary wit and intelligence.
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Details
- Author
- Muriel Spark
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson
- Duration
- 3 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 October 2012
- ISBN
- 9780857865755
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
The Girls of Slender Means is the third Muriel Spark audio release of 2012, following The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Collected Short Stories. It is 1945; a time of cultural and political change, and also one of slender means. Spark's evocative and sharply drawn novel focuses on a group of women living together in a hostel in Kensington who face new challenges in uncertain times. The novel is at once dramatic and character-based, and shows Muriel Spark at the height of her literary powers. Juliet Stevenson reads with her customary wit and intelligence.
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