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The Last &
the First
1971
The Last and the First is the final novel of the great English writer.
It was found, complete (though without her final editing), in her home after her death [in 1969].
Like the great series of novels that preceded it... it is a major work of comedy and melodrama in Victorian family life - as sharp, spare, and funny as it is profound.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"Her novels are full of vigor and mischief. They are wildly funny as well as sharply wise."
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New York Herald Tribune
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