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| Author | Margaret Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Cassell (UK) Rinehart (US) |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Feast is a 1949 novel[1] by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[2] It is a modern reworking of the seven deadly sins.[3] Her ninth novel, it was her first in more than a decade. It was a Literary Guild choice in America.[4]
Synopsis
[edit]In a Cornish coastal resort town a landslide of a nearby cliff buries a hotel, killing those inside but sparing those who have gone out on a picnic excursion.
References
[edit]- ^ The [https://novelfeast.com/ Novel Feast, by Margaret Kennedy ] Retrieved 15/1/2021.
- ^ Humble p. 33-34
- ^ Stringer & Sutherland p.358
- ^ Hammill p.150
Bibliography
[edit]- Hammill, Faye. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Between the Wars. University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Humble, Nicola. The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism. Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
- Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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