The Corner That Held Them (New York Review Books Classics)

Name: The Corner That Held Them (New York Review Books Classics)
Price: 11.99 USD
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Rating: 4.2 (501 reviews)
Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

4.2 (501)

4.2 stars from 501 reviews. Top 95% of Historical Fiction books we track.

344 pages~5.7 hr readPublished by Virago PrPublished 1948-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You appreciate historical fiction that prioritises the texture of everyday life over dramatic plot turns.
You're drawn to stories centred on communities of women navigating power, duty, and desire within constraints.
You value witty, observant prose that finds the absurd and touching in mundane institutional struggles.

Maybe not for you if...

You want a gripping page-turner with clear heroes and villains or a propulsive narrative arc.
You prefer historical fiction that hinges on major historical events or famous figures rather than the internal life of an obscure convent.
You find deliberately slow, meandering storytelling frustrating rather than immersive.

About this book

Sylvia Townsend Warner, author of Lolly Willowes, presents a historical novel set in a Benedictine convent during the era of the Black Death. The nuns perform their daily duties while working to maintain and improve their house and chapel, navigating conflicts with one another and within themselves. The narrative depicts a world run by women, offering a portrait of community life that examines how a community supports or constrains individual humanity, and how people live through it and it through them. The novel combines historical detail with explorations of what constitutes the life of a community.

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Currently 4.2★ from 501 reviews

Gaining approximately 5 new reviews per month. Rating has climbed from 4.1 to 4.2. Recent readers are rating it higher.

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