The Middling


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As a child, Ellie compulsively lies her way into trouble. How else can she escape the reality of being a railway clerk's daughter in a Crystal Palace villa? She wants to love, but it never seems to work out right. She idealizes a beautiful school friend, only to uncover (with morbid fascination) a strange relationship between her friend and a middle-aged chemist. Her first affair is too good to last. It leads to a pregnancy and an uneasy "menage a trois," which finally erupts into brutal vengeance. After fifteen years of struggling with a marriage to the wrong man, Ellie starts drinking. It seems as good an escape as any at first. But it's another mistake ...




British Novelists Since 1960


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Contains biographical sketches of representative British novelists whose work began to appear roughly around 1960.




Contemporary Novelists


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Contains entries for each author with a biography, a list of separately published books, and an essay.




Writers Directory


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Writer's Directory


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World Authors, 1900-1950


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Provides almost 2700 articles on twentieth-century authors from all over the world who wrote in English or whose works are available in English translation.




Contemporary Novelists


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Extensive reference guide to most important living novelists in the English language.




The Novel Today, 1967-1975


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Contemporary Authors


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