All Passion Spent

Penguin Main Series #231. 1st Edition, 1939.

In 1860, as a young girl of 17, Lady Slane nurtures a secret, burning ambition—to become an artist. She becomes, instead, the wife of a great statesman and the mother of six children. Seventy years later, released by widowhood, and to the dismay of her pompous children, she abandons the family home for a tiny house in Hampstead. Here she recollects the dreams of youth, and revels in her newfound freedom with her odd assortment of companions. In this world of her own, she finds a passion that comes only with the freedom to choose, and it is this, her greatest gift, that she passes on to the only one who can understand its value.

Condition grading: Fair. Damage and creases to spine. Some, foxing marks and creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.