The Feast (novel) explained
| The Feast |
| Author: | Margaret Kennedy |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Publisher: | Cassell (UK)
Rinehart (US) |
| Release Date: | 1949 |
| Media Type: | Print |
The Feast is a 1949 novel[1] by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[2] It is a modern reworking of the seven deadly sins.[3] Her ninth novel, it was her first in more than a decade. It was a Literary Guild choice in America.[4]
Synopsis
In a Cornish coastal resort town a landslide of a nearby cliff buries a hotel, killing those inside but sparing those who have gone out on a picnic excursion.
Bibliography
- Hammill, Faye. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Between the Wars. University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Humble, Nicola. The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism. Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
- Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Notes and References
- https://novelfeast.com/ The Novel Feast, by Margaret Kennedy
- Humble p. 33-34
- Stringer & Sutherland p.358
- Hammill p.150
