Rebecca West: A Life
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Victoria Glendinning's authoritative literary biography chronicles the remarkable life of Dame Rebecca West — journalist, novelist, critic, and one of the twentieth century's most formidable intellectual voices. Drawing on letters, interviews, and personal archives, Glendinning traces West's journey from her turbulent Edwardian girlhood through her scandalous decade-long affair with H.G. Wells, her celebrated wartime reporting, and her landmark work Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. Written with warmth and incisive clarity, the biography presents West not merely as a historical figure but as a fiercely independent woman who defied the social and literary conventions of her era at every turn. Glendinning illustrates how West's personal passions and contradictions — her feminism, her anti-communism, her complicated relationships — fed directly into her prolific and wide-ranging body of work. The result is a vivid, deeply researched portrait of a woman whose brilliance and restless ambition left an indelible mark on modern literature and political thought.
Author: Victoria Glendinning
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Victoria Glendinning's authoritative literary biography chronicles the remarkable life of Dame Rebecca West — journalist, novelist, critic, and one of the twentieth century's most formidable intellectual voices. Drawing on letters, interviews, and personal archives, Glendinning traces West's journey from her turbulent Edwardian girlhood through her scandalous decade-long affair with H.G. Wells, her celebrated wartime reporting, and her landmark work Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. Written with warmth and incisive clarity, the biography presents West not merely as a historical figure but as a fiercely independent woman who defied the social and literary conventions of her era at every turn. Glendinning illustrates how West's personal passions and contradictions — her feminism, her anti-communism, her complicated relationships — fed directly into her prolific and wide-ranging body of work. The result is a vivid, deeply researched portrait of a woman whose brilliance and restless ambition left an indelible mark on modern literature and political thought.