Virago Modern Classics: All Passion Spent (Paperback)

from Cariola

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but I really loved this book. After the death of her husband, 88-year old Lady Slane shocks her children by announcing that she plans to leave the family estate and rent a house in Hampstead Heath--a house that holds many fond memories of her younger days. Ev...

from rainpebble

What a beautifully written novel this is. "All Passion Spent" is about a woman in her late eighties whose husband has just passed away and who finds herself suddenly with the freedom to do as she likes with the remainder of her life. Up until now, she has lived for her husband and her six childre...

from lauralkeet

First published in 1931, All Passion Spent is a bold piece of early feminist literature. Deborah, Lady Slane, is an 88-year-old woman whose husband has just passed away at the age of 94. Her six children, all in their 60s, are greatly concerned about how to care for her, but she surprises them by...

from rainpebble

What a beautifully written novel this is. "All Passion Spent" is about a woman in her late eighties whose husband has just passed away and who finds herself suddenly with the freedom to do as she likes with the remainder of her life. Up until now, she has lived for her husband and her six childre...

from Smiler69

"On the contrary, said Lady Slane, that is another thing about which I've made up my mind. I'm going to become completely self indulgent. I'm going to wallow in old age. No grand-children, they're too young; not one of them has reached forty-five. No great grandchildren either, that would be wors...