{"product_id":"the-virgin-in-the-garden-9780679738299","title":"The Virgin in the Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a wonderfully erudite novel in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy, intersect richly and unpredictably. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Large, complex, ambitious, humming with energy and ideas ... a remarkable achievement.\" --Iris Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16593165\"\u003eA. S. Byatt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.23w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679738299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679738290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC039000\"\u003eVisionary \u0026amp; Metaphysical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.S. BYATT is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize in 1990), \u003ci\u003eThe Game, \u003c\/i\u003eand the sequence \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBabel Tower. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has also written two novellas, published together as \u003ci\u003eAngels and Insects, \u003c\/i\u003e and four collections of shorter works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Matisse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e Educated at Cambridge, she was a senior lecturer in English at University College, London, before becoming a full-time writer in 1983. A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44702704992493,"sku":"9780679738299","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_56b4f0c9-e1ed-49b2-b02d-2dca3922cbcc.jpg?v=1703891506","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-virgin-in-the-garden-9780679738299","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}