Lolly Willowes
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[United States] : Dover Publications, 2020.
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"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle-class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead." - John Updike Forty-seven-year-old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places that impels her to flee London for a remote village. Lolly soon discovers that her new neighbors are a coven of bohemian witches and eventually encounters Satan himself - a genial country gentleman who's ready to make a pact.
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9780486846521, 0486846520
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"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle-class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead." - John Updike Forty-seven-year-old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places that impels her to flee London for a remote village. Lolly soon discovers that her new neighbors are a coven of bohemian witches and eventually encounters Satan himself - a genial country gentleman who's ready to make a pact.
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Warner, S. T. (2020). Lolly Willowes. Dover Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend. 2020. Lolly Willowes. Dover Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend, Lolly Willowes. Dover Publications, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Lolly Willowes. Dover Publications, 2020.
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