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  1. All Passion Spent is a literary fiction novel by Vita Sackville-West. Published in 1931, it is one of Sackville-West's most popular works and has been adapted for television by the BBC.

    • Vita Sackville-West
    • 1931
  2. All Passion Spent: With Wendy Hiller, Harry Andrews, Maurice Denham, Phyllis Calvert. After decades as a politician's wife, 85-year-old Lady Slane retires to a cottage after her husband dies. Struggling to rediscover her identity, she contends with intrusive family members.

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    • Wendy Hiller, Harry Andrews, Maurice Denham
  3. Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Glendinning (Foreword) In 1860, as a young girl of 17, Lady Slane nurtures a secret, burning ambitionto become an artist. She becomes, instead, the wife of a great statesman and the mother of six children.

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  4. Aug 13, 2020 · All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West, a 1931 novel, was one of this British author’s most popular works. Its major theme is that of gaining control over one’s own life, and it also addresses the constrictions of class and gender.

  5. Jul 11, 2017 · by Vita Sackville-West (Author) 4.4 765 ratings. See all formats and editions. Irreverently funny and surprisingly moving, All Passion Spent is the story of a woman who discovers who she is just before it is too late.

    • Vita Sackville-West
    • $12.49
    • Vintage
  6. All Passion Spent. Wendy Hiller stars as a recently widowed woman who intends to relish her newfound freedom, in an adaptation of Vita Sackville-West's classic story.

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  8. Jul 11, 2017 · Irreverently funny and surprisingly moving, All Passion Spent is the story of a woman who discovers who she is just before it is too late. After the death of elder statesman Lord Slane—a former prime minister of Great Britain and viceroy of India—everyone assumes that his eighty-eight-year-old widow will slowly fade away in her grief ...