Flowering Wilderness
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of English literary fiction, Flowering Wilderness chronicles the ill-fated love between Dinny Cherrell and Wilfrid Desert, a poet whose forced conversion to Islam in the Arabian desert ignites a firestorm of social condemnation in the rigid, class-conscious world of 1930s England. Galsworthy constructs a devastating portrait of a society more concerned with reputation than humanity, as Dinny must choose between the man she loves and the crushing weight of familial and social expectation. The novel stands as the second volume of Galsworthy's End of the Chapter trilogy — a sequel to Maid in Waiting — and showcases his masterly ability to dissect the English upper-middle class with surgical precision and quiet moral urgency. Written after his Nobel Prize in Literature, it illustrates the author at the height of his powers, weaving themes of honour, faith, and personal courage into a narrative that leaves the reader questioning where true integrity resides.
Author: John Galsworthy
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of English literary fiction, Flowering Wilderness chronicles the ill-fated love between Dinny Cherrell and Wilfrid Desert, a poet whose forced conversion to Islam in the Arabian desert ignites a firestorm of social condemnation in the rigid, class-conscious world of 1930s England. Galsworthy constructs a devastating portrait of a society more concerned with reputation than humanity, as Dinny must choose between the man she loves and the crushing weight of familial and social expectation. The novel stands as the second volume of Galsworthy's End of the Chapter trilogy — a sequel to Maid in Waiting — and showcases his masterly ability to dissect the English upper-middle class with surgical precision and quiet moral urgency. Written after his Nobel Prize in Literature, it illustrates the author at the height of his powers, weaving themes of honour, faith, and personal courage into a narrative that leaves the reader questioning where true integrity resides.