Absent in the Spring and Other Novels Absent in the Spring -- Giant's Bread -- The Rose and the Yew Tree

by Christie, Agatha; Westmacott, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780312273224
• ISBN10: 0312273223
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-22
• Publisher: Minotaur Books

Summary

First published between 1930 and 1956, the six novels written by Agatha Christie under the name Mary Westmacott, regarded by some as the writer's finest work, show a very different side of this writer's talent. What they share with her other fiction is Christie's gift for sharp observations about people, the ambitions that drive them, their relationships, and the conflicts that erupt between them. This omnibus edition brings together three of the Westmacott novels:* Absent in the Spring - stranded between trains, Joan Scudamore finds herself reflecting upon her life, her family, and finally coming to grips with the uncomfortable truths about her life * Giant's Bread - the story of Vernon Deyre, a composer and pianist whose obsession with art with the two very different women in his life * The Rose and the Yew Tree - Isabella Charteris must choose between the expectations of her class and the possibility of loveNow available again for the first time in over a decade, the Mary Westmacott novels will surprise new readers and delight longtime fans. AUTHORBIO: Agatha Christie is the author of six novels as Mary Westmacott as well as, under her own name, eighty crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and several other books. She is the creator of the two most enduring figures in crime literature - Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple - as well as the author of The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the history of modern theater.She died in 1976

Author Biography

Agatha Christie is the author of six novels as Mary Westmacott as well as, under her own name, eighty crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and several other books. She is the creator of the two most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and the author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater. She died in 1976.

Table of Contents

Absent in the Spring	1	(162)
Giant's Bread	163	(306)
Prologue	165	(6)
Abbots Puissants	171	(70)
Nell	241	(67)
Jane	308	(50)
War	358	(47)
George Green	405	(64)
The Rose and the Yew Tree	469