Lolly Willowes

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers, designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sundrenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects.

Starting as a straightforward, albeit beautifully written family saga, it tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness Helen Macdonald But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling than family witchcraft.The book Ill be pressing into peoples hands forever is Lolly Willowes . . .