Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite, and in particular, to lines written by the dashing Captain Everard. As she memorises the messages he telegraphs, she becomes increasingly attracted to the life described to her, fixated by scandal and gossip a world away from her more ordinary existence...
| ISBN | 184391025X | | Pages | 112 | | ISBN13 | 9781843910251
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 159 | | Imprint | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Hesperus Classics | | Publication date | 29 Nov 2002 | | Height (mm) | 195 | | Writer of foreword | Libby Purves | | Width (mm) | 124 | | DEWEY | 813.4 | | Spine width (mm) | 10 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
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Foreword by Libby Purves; In the Cage; Biographical note
'Here is the rueful mystery of human desire and human resignation, in the person of an anonymous telegraph girl. She is no saint, but she is certainly a sister' - Libby Purves
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