A Stranger StillA strong early novel first published in 1935 under the name of Helen Ferguson. Set in the 1930s, in Bohemian London, Paris, and southern France, the story concerns a rich family and their financial and emotional vicissitudes. The autobiographical element (repression in childhood) is implicit for those familiar with the author's enigmatic life. The author actually identified so strongly with the glacial character of Anna Kavan that she subsequently wrote under that name. |
Contents
IN A QUIET STREET I | 1 |
TRIBULATIONS OF A CHAUFFEUR | 7 |
SUBURBAN TRrain No 16 | 9 |
Copyright | |
25 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Adolphe Menjou alpine plants Anna Kavan Anna's Anthony Quested appeared asked Bandol bedroom began behaviour beside blue café carriage Catherine Catherine Howard Cedric chauffeur cigarette clothes colour dance dark door dress empty eyes face Fairbrother father feeling felt forehead frowning gazed George West Gerald Gill Germaine Gill planted girl glanced glass grey Gwenda Lewison hair hand Hendon Hornchurch Hubert Byrne knew Lauretta lawyer light looked Martin Lewison Matthew Kavan mind morning moved never night Number once opened over-illuminated pince-nez quiet realised round seemed sense Sir Edward sitting smiled sort stared Starling Hill stood strange streets studio suddenly sunshine Suresnes talking taxi things thought Tony Quested took Toulon train turb turned voice waiting walked watched William Lewison window Winny woman words worry young young rascal