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The Long View

by Elizabeth Jane Howard · 1956

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'The Long View', a revealing portrait of a marriage, is the ingenious construction of a couple's story that offers a remarkable and very real view of the shifting relationship between two people from 1950 to 1926.

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(The author, Elizabeth Jane Howard, rose to international stardom with her magnificent Cazalet family saga.)

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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LondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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