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A charming extraordinary early 20th century novel about family relationships. When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children.

 

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All Passion Spent tells the marvellously cheering story of how, in widowhood, a conventional woman is finally able to defy her family - Guardian

Sackville-West writes simply wonderfully and many passages make me laugh out loud -- Joanna Lumley

Heartening - Observer

Inspiring... Old age can be celebrated, not feared - Sunday Telegraph

Every page of this novel is a pleasure to read - The Times

About the Author

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively. They had an unconventional marriage, and troughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women. She wrote novels, non-fiction, and poetry, including The Land (1926), which won the Hawthorden Prize.
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  • ISBN: 9781784870553
  • Author: Vita Sackville-west
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pages: 192
  • Format: Paperback
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A charming extraordinary early 20th century novel about family relationships. When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children.

 

Review

All Passion Spent tells the marvellously cheering story of how, in widowhood, a conventional woman is finally able to defy her family - Guardian

Sackville-West writes simply wonderfully and many passages make me laugh out loud -- Joanna Lumley

Heartening - Observer

Inspiring... Old age can be celebrated, not feared - Sunday Telegraph

Every page of this novel is a pleasure to read - The Times

About the Author

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively. They had an unconventional marriage, and troughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women. She wrote novels, non-fiction, and poetry, including The Land (1926), which won the Hawthorden Prize.

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