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The girls of slender means /

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This is London 1945, when all nice people are poor. Muriel Spark sets us down among the girls of good family but slender means as they fight it out, from their Kensington hostel to the last clothing coupon until this charmingly light-hearted period in their lives descends into horror and tragedy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spark, Muriel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Macmillan, 1963.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > England > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Young women > Fiction.
Jeunes femmes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Young women.
England.
England > London.
1939-1945
Didactic fiction.
War fiction.
Fiction.
War stories.
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Summary:This is London 1945, when all nice people are poor. Muriel Spark sets us down among the girls of good family but slender means as they fight it out, from their Kensington hostel to the last clothing coupon until this charmingly light-hearted period in their lives descends into horror and tragedy.
Item Description:Accession #: 2020_0001
The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Physical Description:182 pages ; 20 cm