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The Company She Keeps by Mary McCarthy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
These six brilliantly written episodes, brought together in Mary McCarthy's first novel, create a fascinating portrait of a 1930s New York social circle. Based loosely on the author's own life, the book follows a young bohemian woman, Margaret Sargent, through her experiences and lost loves in a time of ...Show more
The Group by Mary McCarthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC | Reading Level: very good
THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX AND THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women's real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contr ...Show more
The Group by Mary McCarthy
$40.50 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Written with a trenchant, sardonic edge, "The Group" is a dazzlingly outspoken novel and a captivating look at the social history of America between two world wars. Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as "the group." An ecle ...Show more
The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel
A beloved tribute to Florence that blends history, artistic reflection, and keen social observation Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayist and fiction writer Mary McCarthy offers a unique history of Florence, from its inception to the dominant role it came to play in the world of art, architect ...Show more
The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy
$26.95 AUD
Category: Travel
Features vivid and perceptive descriptions of two great Italian cities, Florence and Venice, told through their history and art. The author depicts Florence through its tempestuous past, from the reign of the Medicis to Savonarola's bonfire of the vanities, and Venice as a city of illusion and spectacle ...Show more
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