The Millstone

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Millstone
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Margaret Drabble
SeriesPenguin Decades
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 131
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780141041728
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 1 April 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A classic 60s novel - being a single mother just as the decade begins to swing Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Margaret Drabble's The Millstone was published in 1965. Set in a London not yet quite swinging, where sexual liberation is still on its way, this prize-winning novel follows the progress of Rosamund Stacey, who becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand, and must adapt to life as a single mother - finding herself transformed in the process.

Author Biography

Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and read English at Cambridge. She was awarded a DBE in 2008. Since the 1960s she has written 17 novels - The Millstone was her third - and she has also edited two editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.