The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot
1958 novel by Angus Wilson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot is a novel by Angus Wilson, first published in 1958. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year, and has been regularly reprinted ever since.
Author | Angus Wilson |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Secker and Warburg |
Publication date | November 1958 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 430pp |
ISBN | 0-436-57505-1 |
OCLC | 256140343 |
It describes the fortunes of Meg Eliot, a happy and active woman, the wife of a barrister, who finds herself a widow in reduced circumstances after the shocking murder of her husband abroad.
Her attempts to rebuild her life are placed in contrast with the self-isolation of her brother, David, who lives with his dying partner Gordon at a commercial nursery in Sussex.
Wilson conceived the idea for the story in September 1957, while visiting Thailand, which is possibly the model for the fictional country of Badai.[1]
The first edition dust jacket was designed by Michael Ayrton.