The Corner That Held Them

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Sylvia Townsend Warner's portrayal of a fourteenth century nunnery is widely considered to be one of the greatest historical novels of all time. An occasionally hilarious ode to community living, it is also a poignant, delicate exploration of spirituality's relationship to the material world.Sylvia Townsend Warner's portrayal of a fourteenth century nunnery is widely considered to be one of the greatest historical novels of all time. An occasionally hilarious ode to community living, it is also a poignant, delicate exploration of spirituality's relationship to the material world.
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893 - 1978) was an English novelist and poet. Her work, which often revolves around the position of women and their sexuality in a patriarchal society, is widely considered to be some of the most daring feminist writing of the twentieth century.