Challenge

By:

Vita Sackville-West

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

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CHALLENGE was Vita Sackville-West's second novel. It was ready to go to print in 1920, but the author suddenly changed her mind. This was not because she lacked confidence in her work, but because of the scandal it would have caused. CHALLENGE remained unpublished for over fifty years. Vita's love affair with Violet Trefusis had reached its peak and, eloping to France, they decided to abandon everything and everyone - children and husbands included - to spend the rest of their lives together. Although they returned to their families eventually, CHALLENGE remains a testament of their love and was written during that period. The hero, Julian, might be a Byronic young Englishman and Eve the woman he adores; it may be an adventure tale about a revolt on a Greek island. But really, this is a love story, written in the presence of the beloved and inspired by her. And, as its title implies, the novel is a challenge to the society that condemned Vita and her lover.

Author Biography:

Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born and educated at Knole. She and her husband Harold Nicolson created the famous garden at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent.

Release date NZ

June 21st, 2012

Author

Vita Sackville-West

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Introduction by Stella Duffy

Pages

320

Series

Virago Modern Classics

Dimensions

199x130x22

ISBN-13

9781844087655

Product ID

10361422

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