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The rules of engagement, a novel, Anita Brookner

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The rules of engagement, a novel, Anita Brookner

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The rules of engagement

Oclc number

58550737

Responsibility statement

Anita Brookner

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Elizabeth and Betsy had been school friends in 1950s London. Elizabeth, prudent and introspective, values social propriety. Betsy, raised by a spinster aunt, is open, trusting, and desperate for affection. After growing up and going their separate ways, the two women reconnect later in life. Elizabeth has married kind but tedious Digby, while Betsy is still searching for love and belonging. In this deeply perceptive story, the author brilliantly charts the resilience of a friendship tested by alienation and by jealousy over a man who sems to offer the promise of escape

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