The Resource The house at Riverton : a novel, Kate Morton
The house at Riverton : a novel, Kate Morton
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The item The house at Riverton : a novel, Kate Morton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 473 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in Australia in 2006 as The Shifting Fog by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781416550532
- Label
- The house at Riverton : a novel
- Title
- The house at Riverton
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Kate Morton
- Subject
-
- England
- England -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Reminiscing in old age
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- Upper class families
- Upper class families -- Fiction
- Women household employees
- Women household employees -- Fiction
- Poets -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- 1918-1945
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering society party held at the house, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were Hannah and Emmeline and only they--and Grace--know the truth. In 1999, when Grace is ninety-eight years old and living out her last days in a nursing home, she is visited by a young director who is making a film about the events of that summer. She takes Grace back to Riverton House and reawakens her memories--
- Assigning source
- From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- VPW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morton, Kate
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- WSP readers club
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women household employees
- Reminiscing in old age
- Upper class families
- Poets
- Great Britain
- England
- Manners and customs
- Reminiscing in old age
- Upper class families
- Women household employees
- England
- Great Britain
- Label
- The house at Riverton : a novel, Kate Morton
- Note
- "Originally published in Australia in 2006 as The Shifting Fog by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn309947012
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 473 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416550532
- Lccn
- 2009290803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309947012
- Label
- The house at Riverton : a novel, Kate Morton
- Note
- "Originally published in Australia in 2006 as The Shifting Fog by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn309947012
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- viii, 473 pages
- Isbn
- 9781416550532
- Lccn
- 2009290803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309947012
Subject
- England
- England -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Reminiscing in old age
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- Upper class families
- Upper class families -- Fiction
- Women household employees
- Women household employees -- Fiction
- Poets -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- 1918-1945
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