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Love for Lydia (Paperback)

by H.E. Bates (Author)

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Paperback: 302 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (25 April 1974)
Language English
ISBN-10: 014001165X
ISBN-13: 978-0140011654
Product Dimensions: 18.3 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Lydia Aspen, a lonely English teenager of the 1930s, learns that men are intrigued by her and seeks to hide her vulnerability by bending them to her frivolous will.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Moving, atmospheric and sublime, 6 Aug 2008

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I read this as a teenager and totally fell in love with the story. I still have the book but have never quite dared to re-read it in case it's not as wonderful as I remember!

Set just after the first world war, Lydia moves to a country town to live with her aunts and uncle, and plays havoc with the emotions of the young men who see her. It's all here: first love, unrequited love, jealousy, passion and despair - but H.E. Bates is a restrained and sublime writer so this never descends into over-blown chic-littish melodrama. I think I've persuaded myself I must re-read it immediately!

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