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Human Voices

The human voices of Penelope Fitzgerald's third novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the Second World War, the time when the concert hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 200 pages

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“People who read Human Voices tend to reach for these next.”

  1. At Mrs Lippincote's
  2. Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel
  3. Passing On
  4. Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction), start with these.”

  1. One Fine Day
  2. Our Yanks
  3. Madeleine's War
  4. The Two Mrs. Abbotts

“If it was the World War II that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Pattern of Shadows
  2. Noonday
  3. The Farm at the Edge of the World
  4. The Report

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Human to Human
  2. Crimson Roses
  3. The Year of Shadows
  4. Roseblood