 First edition | |
| Author | Dorothy Whipple |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | John Murray |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Media type | |
Someone at a Distance is a 1953 novel by the British writer Dorothy Whipple.[1][2] A French au pair ruthlessly sets out to seduce the husband of her employer and steal him away from her.[3] It was the final novel of Whipple who had been a popular writer in the 1930s and 1940s. It was republished in 1999 by Persephone Books. A dramatization was broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 2022.[4]
References
- ↑ Sponenberg p.276
- ↑ "Forgotten authors No 31: Dorothy Whipple". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ↑ Lethbridge p.304
- ↑ "Drama - Someone at a Distance (1/2) - BBC Sounds".
Bibliography
- Lethbridge, Lucy. Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times. W. W. Norton & Company, 2013.
- Sponenberg, Ashlie. Encyclopedia of British Women’s Writing 1900–1950. Springer, 2006.
- Turner, Nick. Post-War British Women Novelists and the Canon. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
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