The Girls of Slender Means
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The Girls of Slender Means

by Muriel Spark

1963•Drama•144 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA realistic novel that is weighty and emotional. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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About This Book

The Girls of Slender Means is Dame Muriel Spark's tragic portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club itself - "three times window-shattered since 1940 but never directly hit" - its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalComplex relationshipInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceTroubled leads

Subjects

Young womenWorld War, 1939-1945EnglandWorld literatureSocial conditions

Details

Author
Muriel Spark
Published
1963
Pages
144
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