{"product_id":"square-haunting-five-writers-in-london-between-the-wars-9780451497802","title":"Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE - LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE - \"A beautiful and deeply moving book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sally Rooney, author of \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London's Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003ePOPMATTERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.\"--Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square--a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London--was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who \"lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles,\" the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women's freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and--above all--work independently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sparkling insight and a novelistic style, Francesca Wade sheds new light on a group of artists and thinkers whose pioneering work would enrich the possibilities of women's lives for generations to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSquare Haunting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women . . . moving and immersive.\"\u003cb\u003e--Edmund Gordon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elegant, erudite, and absorbing, \u003ci\u003eSquare Haunting\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is an author to watch.\"\u003cb\u003e--Frances Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eGuilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Outstanding . . . I'll be recommending this all year.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Bakewell, author of \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"I much enjoyed Francesca Wade's book. It almost made me wish I belonged to the pioneering generation of women spoiling eggs on the gas ring and breaking taboos.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sue Prideaux, author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Wade \u003c\/b\u003ehas written for publications including the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review, The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Granta\u003c\/i\u003e. She is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e and a winner of the Biographers' Club Tony Lothian Prize. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929624613138,"sku":"9780451497802","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac79ec3e-439d-4c9a-beb3-8cf4555223cb.jpg?v=1739047287","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/square-haunting-five-writers-in-london-between-the-wars-9780451497802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}