Three More Novels: Vainglory, Inclinations, Caprice

by Ronald Firbank

Book Overview

So cleverly and wittily are the stories told that we sense we belong in the charmed caf society of post-1918 Britain, and life seems, as Ernest Jones says in his critical introduction, "a Nirvana in which homosexuals are the ultimate chic and in which... almost everyone turns out to be at least bi-sexual." In Vainglory, Mrs. Shamefoot, who "almost compels a tear," embraces the quest for a cathedral stained-glass window "that should be a miracle of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081120975X
• ISBN13: 9780811209755
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"