Providence

First edition. Cr. 8vo. Pp. 183, [1 (blank)]. Orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Jacket design by Suzanne Perkins (priced at £6.95 to front flap).

Slight discolouration to dustwrapper edges, far less prominent than usual, minute closed tear to rear upper tip of inner flap, else Fine.

Author's second novel. Kitty Maule, a lecturer specializing in the Romantic tradition, falls in love with her colleague Maurice, but her technique is too diffident, and his heart too ruthlessly pragmatic. Highly regarded as a stylist, Brookner's novels explore themes of emotional loss and feature heroines leading quiet lives of muted introspection. "[A] perfectly observed and quietly witty novel." –Washington Post