Penguin 1st Edition, published 1938.
This is Pamela Frankau’s autobiography, her life so far, published when she was twenty-seven. The four people that she finds are her former selves. Each section recounts the adventures of one of these, in the third person. The first part, ‘School Breakfast’, is about P. Frankau, a girl at odds with her boarding school. The second, ‘Hereinafter called the Author’, is about ‘Miss Frankau’, a teenager who has left school and combines working for a Fleet Street magazine with writing her first novel. The novel is a remarkable success, and the third section, ‘Oysters and Champagne’ is about a self referred to as ‘the Author’. This person gets used to living well, but discovers that literary success is not something that can be relied on to continue. In Section Four, ‘End of Act One’, she is ‘the copywriter’, supplementing earnings from her writing with a job in an advertising agency.
Condition grading: Good. Some wear to spine ends. Foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1938.
This is Pamela Frankau’s autobiography, her life so far, published when she was twenty-seven. The four people that she finds are her former selves. Each section recounts the adventures of one of these, in the third person. The first part, ‘School Breakfast’, is about P. Frankau, a girl at odds with her boarding school. The second, ‘Hereinafter called the Author’, is about ‘Miss Frankau’, a teenager who has left school and combines working for a Fleet Street magazine with writing her first novel. The novel is a remarkable success, and the third section, ‘Oysters and Champagne’ is about a self referred to as ‘the Author’. This person gets used to living well, but discovers that literary success is not something that can be relied on to continue. In Section Four, ‘End of Act One’, she is ‘the copywriter’, supplementing earnings from her writing with a job in an advertising agency.
Condition grading: Good. Some wear to spine ends. Foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
