Spinster (Hard Cover)

Stock Code:
BAE2684
Price:
$12.50

Description

Spinster by Silvia Ashton-Warner. A dedicated teacher vividly recalls moments in her classroom as she stimulates learning among Maori children. "There are seventy of them, all New Zealanders under 7 - Maoris, poor whites and the 'new race' - bawling, fighting, dancing, playing and learning to read and write. For controlling the apparent chaos of the Infant room, the despair of orthodox inspectors, is a born teacher: Anna Vorontosov, spinster. In Anna, the 'I' of this strikingly unusual and moving first novel, Silvia Ashton-Warner has created one of the most subtly drawn characters of modern fiction. A Spinster, but not coldly spinsterish, a woman of warm human sympathy longing for a love she has once rejected, impulsive, full of fears and passions, she is uncertain and often gauche in her relations with men. But in the Infant Room, though her grading as a teacher is low, she is in her element.' The dust jacket and book have light general wear but remain tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Ashton-Warner, Sylvia
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    William Heinemann Ltd.
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    Y3
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    269
  • Publish Date:
    1972
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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