{"product_id":"lolly-willowes-9780486843483","title":"Lolly Willowes","description":"\"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle-class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead.\" -- John Updike \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forty-seven-year-old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places that impels her to flee London for a remote village. Lolly soon discovers that her new neighbors are a coven of bohemian witches and eventually encounters Satan himself -- a genial country gentleman who's ready to make a pact. \u003cbr\u003e The first-ever selection of the Book of the Month Club upon its 1926 publication, \u003ci\u003eLolly Willowes\u003c\/i\u003e was a surprise international bestseller. This proto-feminist work has since been chosen as one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Novels of All Time, and it remains a richly satirical novel that celebrates the joys of self-actualization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Revolutionary ... a subtle demand for women's power over their own lives.\" -- Alison Lurie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Remarkable ... pungent and satisfying.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\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-7216778\"\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486843483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486843483\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-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-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) was a British author who began her self-proclaimed \"accidental career\" as a poet after she was given paper with a \"particularly tempting surface.\" Originally a musicologist, Warner was one of the editors of the 10-volume Tudor Church Music and was also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eGrove's Dictionary of Music. Lolly Willowes, \u003c\/i\u003eher first novel, was the first selection of the Book of the Month Club. In addition to her short stories, 144 of which appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eWarner also published many collections of short fiction, novels, volumes of poetry, and works of nonfiction, including\u003ci\u003e Jane Austen: 1775-1817 \u003c\/i\u003eand the semiautobiographical, posthumously published \u003ci\u003eScenes of Childhood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701537280237,"sku":"9780486843483","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7cc86356-aca1-41b6-8c45-7bd1b4f0a84c.jpg?v=1649949714","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/lolly-willowes-9780486843483","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}