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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Frost_in_MayFrost in May - Wikipedia

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   Frost in May. First edition. (publ. Desmond Harmsworth) Frost in May is a 1933 novel by the British author Antonia White that was reissued in 1978 as the first book in Virago Press 's Modern Classics series of books by neglected women authors.

3. www.theguardian.com › books › 2018Antonia White’s Frost in May explores and invokes the rituals ...

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   Jun 9, 2018 · A new edition of Frost in May is published by Virago. To order a copy for £8.48 (RRP £9.99) go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only.

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   Who wrote Frost in May?

   • Frost in May is a 1933 novel by the British author Antonia White that was reissued in 1978 as the first book in Virago Press 's Modern Classics series of books by neglected women authors.

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   Is frost in May a modern classic?

   • That’s how Frost in May, which found new readers when it was chosen in 1978 to launch the Virago Modern Classics list, has exerted such power over generations; outrage at the closed, heated world of the convent school is entangled, in White’s lovely prose, with a yearning to succumb to it, to belong to it.

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   Is frost in May a good book?

   • Highly recommended :) Frost in May is about a centimeter away from being pure memoir, and it has the cool, unaffected distance of one, which is what you need when talking about something as overheated and emotional as a group of young girls in a convent school, hiding copies of Candide and pretending not to have friends.

   Frost in May (Frost in May, #1) by Antonia White

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   How does Frost in May end?

   • During the course of the story, Nanda begins to write her first novel. When the nuns eventually discover this manuscript they are horrified by it, and Frost in May ends with Nanda leaving the convent.

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5. www.goodreads.com › book › showFrost in May (Frost in May #1) by Antonia White | Goodreads

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   Frost in May is about a centimeter away from being pure memoir, and it has the cool, unaffected distance of one, which is what you need when talking about something as overheated and emotional as a group of young girls in a convent school, hiding copies of Candide and pretending not to have friends. White clearly conveys Nanda's experience of ...

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6. www.thehaughtyculturist.com › books-in-brief › frostFrost in May (1933): a longing to belong | Review - The ...

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   Jan 14, 2024 · 15 Jan 2024. An urge to belong pulses through Frost in May’s tale of a protestant child at a convent boarding school, but the stirrings of Self – and schoolgirl crushes – prove tricky obstacles. At nine years old, Fernanda Grey – “Nanda” – finds herself somewhere she shouldn’t really be. When she enrols at the Convent of the ...

7. www.amazon.com › Frost-May-Virago-Modern-ClassicsFrost In May (Virago Modern Classics) - amazon.com

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   Apr 30, 2019 · Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail― Hermione Lee, Observer Evelyn Waugh called [her] one of the very best novelists of the day - a title she still deserves― Carol Shields Intense, troubling, semi-miraculous ...

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   • Author: Antonia White

8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0233760Frost in May (TV Mini Series 1982– ) - IMDb

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   Frost in May: With John Carson, Elizabeth Shepherd, Janet Maw, Daniel Day-Lewis. Adaptation of a series of novels by Antonia White about a young girl challenging her authoritarian Catholic environment as she grows up.

9. www.literaryladiesguide.com › author-biographyAntonia White, author of Frost in May - Literary Ladies Guide

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   Aug 25, 2022 · Antonia White (born Eirene Botting, March 31, 1899 – April 10, 1980) was a British author best known for her autobiographical novel Frost in May . In addition to producing other novels and short stories, she was an accomplished translator from French to English. Her well-documented struggles with mental health resulted in her being committed ...