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In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II's arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires.

THE FIRST FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL



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Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas... A remarkable achievement -- Iris Murdoch
Comic, well plotted, immensely touching... Gaudy excitement and splendour * The Times *
An ambitious novel [whose] narrative everywhere displays knowledge and intelligence * Times Literary Supplement *

The Virgin in the Garden

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/1994
      ISBN13: 9780099478010, 978-0099478010
      ISBN10: 0099478013
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In Yorkshire, the Potter family are preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II's arrival on the throne. Its three youngest members, however, are preoccupied with other matters. Stephanie has grown tired of their overbearing father and resolves to marry the local curate. Anxious teenager Marcus gains a new teacher and suffers increasingly disturbing visions. Then there is Frederica. On the brink of adulthood, a love affair with a young playwright may offer the freedom she desperately desires.

      THE FIRST FREDERICA POTTER NOVEL



      Trade Review
      Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas... A remarkable achievement -- Iris Murdoch
      Comic, well plotted, immensely touching... Gaudy excitement and splendour * The Times *
      An ambitious novel [whose] narrative everywhere displays knowledge and intelligence * Times Literary Supplement *

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