ylvia Townsend Warner's is a tale of witchery, devilment and transformation. What starts as a beady, satirical comedy of manners about a poor and eccentric middle-aged spinster dependent on her relations takes a sudden turn into chaos and surreality. Miss Laura ‘Lolly’ Willowes, odd but very much her own person, loses her beloved father and is moved (because she is not expected to make decisions for herself) from her beloved childhood home in Dorset to London to live with her pompous brother and his family. In their stifling household, the years
LUCY LETHBRIDGE on Sylvia Townsend Warner's 1920s novel Lolly Willowes
Nov 16, 2022
3 minutes
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