Noble In Reason
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set against the rugged backdrop of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Noble in Reason chronicles the life of a man grappling with ambition, identity, and the moral tensions that define his generation. Phyllis Bentley, one of England's most celebrated regional novelists, presents a richly textured narrative that draws on her intimate knowledge of the Yorkshire landscape and its people, weaving personal drama into the broader social fabric of mid-twentieth-century England. The novel follows its protagonist through a series of defining choices that test the limits of intellect, integrity, and human connection, rendering the question of what it truly means to be noble with unflinching honesty. Bentley's prose is characterised by its quiet authority and psychological depth, placing her firmly in the tradition of the great English social novelists. Her ability to ground universal themes — aspiration, class, and conscience — in the specific textures of northern English life gives Noble in Reason an enduring resonance that transcends its regional setting. For readers who prize fiction that instructs as much as it moves, this is a novel that lingers long after the final page.
Author: Phyllis Bentley
Format: Hardback
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set against the rugged backdrop of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Noble in Reason chronicles the life of a man grappling with ambition, identity, and the moral tensions that define his generation. Phyllis Bentley, one of England's most celebrated regional novelists, presents a richly textured narrative that draws on her intimate knowledge of the Yorkshire landscape and its people, weaving personal drama into the broader social fabric of mid-twentieth-century England. The novel follows its protagonist through a series of defining choices that test the limits of intellect, integrity, and human connection, rendering the question of what it truly means to be noble with unflinching honesty. Bentley's prose is characterised by its quiet authority and psychological depth, placing her firmly in the tradition of the great English social novelists. Her ability to ground universal themes — aspiration, class, and conscience — in the specific textures of northern English life gives Noble in Reason an enduring resonance that transcends its regional setting. For readers who prize fiction that instructs as much as it moves, this is a novel that lingers long after the final page.