The Love Child

Edith Olivier, Simon Thomas

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English

British Library Publishing
04 January 2022

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: British Library Women Writers

She had saved her. But at what a cost! Her position, her name, her character

she had given them all, but Clarissa was hers.

Upon the death of her mother, Agatha Bodenham finds herself alone for the first time in her life. Solitary and socially awkward by nature, she starts to dream about her imaginary childhood friend

the only friend she ever had. Much to her surprise, Clarissa starts to appear, fleetingly at first, and engage with her, and eventually becomes visible to everyone else. Agatha, a 32-year- old spinster, must explain the child's 'sudden' appearance. In a moment of panic, she pretends that Clarissa is her own daughter, her love child.

Olivier constructs a mother/daughter relationship which is both poignant and playful. As the years roll by and Clarissa grows into a beautiful young woman, Agatha's love becomes increasingly obsessive as she senses Clarissa slipping away, attracted by new interests and people her own age.

By: Edith Olivier
Afterword by: Simon Thomas
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 12
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712353649
ISBN 10: 071235364X
Series: British Library Women Writers
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 04 January 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edith Olivier (1872-1948) won a scholarship to read history at St Hughes College, Oxford, where she occasionally dined with Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll). Her friends included the author Sylvia Townsend Warner, writer and publisher David Garnett and the artist Rex Whistler, who created illustrations for several of her books. The Love Child was Olivier's first novel, published in 1927.

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The Love Child

Edith Olivier, Simon Thomas

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