The Death of the Heart

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The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen that explores adolescent innocence, emotional betrayal, and the complexities of upper-middle-class life in interwar London.

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The Death of the Heart canonical 1

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationMedium television ⓘ
adaptationYear 1980s ⓘ
author Elizabeth Bowen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy The Heat of the Day ⓘ
genre coming-of-age novel ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation television film ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasISBN 9780385720175 ⓘ
hasMedium print ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 400 ⓘ
hasReception critical acclaim ⓘ
hasStructure three-part structure ⓘ
hasSubject class consciousness ⓘ
coming of age of a young girl ⓘ
emotional repression ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
illegitimacy ⓘ
isNotableFor depiction of interwar London society ⓘ
detailed psychological characterization ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Anna Quayne ⓘ
Eddie ⓘ
Portia Quayne ⓘ
Thomas Quayne ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre Elizabeth Bowen novels ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
precededBy The House in Paris ⓘ
publicationYear 1938 ⓘ
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingPeriod interwar period ⓘ
settingTime 1930s ⓘ
theme adolescent innocence ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
emotional betrayal ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
upper-middle-class life ⓘ
titleCharacterAge 16 ⓘ

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Elizabeth Bowen → notableWork → The Death of the Heart ⓘ