Placeholder text

Go to cart

Lolly Willowes

By Warner, Sylvia Townsend

Lolly Willowes

By Warner, Sylvia Townsend

0 - Default Title
Description
Lolly Willowes is a satirical novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner, her first, published in 1926. It has been described as an early feminist classic. "Lolly" is the version of Laura's name used by her family after a mispronunciation by a young niece. She comes to dislike being called "Aunt Lolly" and to see the name as a symbol of her lack of independence. "The Loving Huntsman" refers to Satan, whom Laura envisions as hunting souls in a kindly way.
"Lolly's own realization of what she has done strikes with the rapidity and venom of "a snakebite in the brain", just as the novel sharply undercuts its genteel appearance to reveal a dark and visceral heart riddled with gloriously uneasy images (a young woman eats "with the stealthy persistence of a bitch that gives suck").
Lolly Willowes calls for "a life of one's own" three years before Virginia Woolf's impassioned cry for a room. "We have more need of you," she explains to the devil. "Women have such vivid imaginations and lead such dull lives. Their pleasure in life is so soon over; they are so dependent upon others, and their dependence so soon becomes a nuisance." With its clear feminist agenda, Lolly Willowes holds its own among Townsend Warner's historical fiction, but it's also an elegantly enchanting tale that transcends its era." The Guardian
Product details
Number of Pages:
124
Release Date:
2025-07-24
Publication Date:
2025-07-24
Publisher:
Ancient Wisdom Publications
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1968194118
ISBN13:
9781968194116
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
342 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out