The Dark Tide (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Brittain, Vera

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860497691 ISBN 13: 9781860497698

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, 2002

Synopsis

Bright and vivacious, Daphne Lethbridge is back at Oxford after a stint of volunteer work. World War I has ravaged Europe, but it has done nothing to daunt her spirit, and she plunges headlong into the whirl of college life. Her enjoyment, though, is soured by her cynical contemporary Virginia Dennison, who spars with Daphne on every occasion. Daphne seems to triumph over Virginia when she marries a rising political star, but it's not long before she begins to realize the bitter truth of her marriage. It takes a chance encounter with her old enemy for her disillusionment to give way to a mature understanding of love and friendship.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Virago¹s distinguished Modern Classics series is dedicated to the celebration of women writers of the 19th and 20th centuries and to the rediscovery and reprinting of their work.

About the Author:

Vera Brittain (1893-1970) won an exhibition to Somerville College, Oxford, but in 1914 abandonded her studies to enlist as a VAD nurse. Brittain was a tireless supporter of pacifism and feminism, a prolific speaker, lecturer, journalist and writer. She wrote twenty-nine books in all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1860497691
• ISBN 13: 9781860497698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260