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The Death of the Heart

Elizabeth Bowen

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1938
Pages
Pages 410

An orphaned teenage girl moves in with her much older half-brother and his cold, elegant wife, keeps a secret diary, and falls for a caddish family friend who plays along with her hope until it costs him anything, then drops her.

That morning's ice, no more than a brittle film, had cracked and was now floating in segments.
The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen

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