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Caprice
Author(s): Ronald Firbank (Author)
- Publisher: New Directions
- Publication Date: April 17, 1993
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 96 pages
- ISBN-10: 0811212432
- ISBN-13: 9780811212434
Book Description
The stage-struck daughter of an English rural dean runs off with the family plate to London and a theatrical career–only to die tragically by the bite of a mousetrap in her moment of triumph as a sensational Juliet.
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About the Author
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) was an acclaimed British novelist whose work was championed by E. M. Forster and Evelyn Waugh. He attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, although he left before receiving a degree. He traveled extensively through Spain, Italy, the Middle East, and North Africa. He died of lung disease while in Rome in 1926.
