Dangerous Ages

Rose Macaulay, Simon Thomas

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English

British Library Publishing
18 November 2020

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: British Library Women Writers

""May I ask your daughter's age?""

""Nan is thirty-three.""

""A dangerous age.""

Rose Macaulay takes a lively and perceptive look at three generations of women within the same family and the 'dangers' faced at each of those stages in life. The book opens with Neville celebrating her 43rd birthday and contemplating middle age now that her children are grown. Her mother, in her sixties, seeks answers to her melancholy in Freudianism. Her sister, Nan, 33, a writer who has hitherto led a single and carefree life in London, experiences the loss of love and with it her plan for the future. And Neville's principled daughter Gerda, who is determined not to follow her mother's generation into the institute of marriage, finds herself at an impasse with the man she loves.

By: Rose Macaulay
Afterword by: Simon Thomas
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712353878
ISBN 10: 0712353879
Series: British Library Women Writers
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 18 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) was a novelist, essayist and travel writer known for her satirical comedy. Dangerous Ages, published in 1921, was her second novel. Her last novel, The Towers of Trebizond (1956), won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She was created a Dame in 1958.

Reviews for Dangerous Ages

One of the few authors of whom it may be said she adorns our century. --Elizabeth Bowen Macaulay's meticulous, understated storytelling traces the hairline crack between laughter and tears, finds grand universals in ordinary foibles, and speaks, without blush or wink, of sin and repentance. Paste Magazine on The Towers of Trebizond