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The adaptable man /

Frame, Janet, 1924-2004

The adaptable man / Janet Frame. - Auckland, N.Z. : Vintage N.Z., 1993. - 257 pages ; 20 cm

A novel. "First published 1965 by the Pegasus Press, New Zealand, and W.H. Allen ... England"--Title page verso.

Modernisation, in the form of electricity and the overspill from London, confronts the inhabitants of the small English village of Little Burgelstatham in the richly textured The adaptable man. While some amongst the large cast of characters prefer to live in the past and avoid modern life, others adapt and welcome its arrival, not least Muriel Baldry who can now hang her Venini chandelier and throw a dinner party to celebrate. But does adapting to the twentieth century demand darker deeds?

ISBN: 186941182X 9781869411824

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
New Zealand fiction--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PR9687.F81A8 1993

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2

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