'A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul' Guardian
Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling than family: witchcraft.
'The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever . . . It tells the story of a woman who rejects the life that society has fixed for her in favour of freedom ... tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness' Helen Macdonald
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Product details
Publisher : Penguin Classics; 3rd edition (1 Oct. 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241454883
ISBN-13 : 978-0241454886
Dimensions : 12.9 x 0.9 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 177,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer reviews: 3.8
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