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‘Magdalen’ was the name for a reformed prostitute
opened 1896
like Emma in Madame Bovary
the sound of gunfire a nightly accompaniment to her scribbling
is a lively portrayal of working-class life in the shadow of World War One
They Knew Mr Knight Category_Grey Books/North of England ‘Magdalen’ was the name forAFTERWORDS BY TERENCE HANDLEY MACMATH AND CHRISTOPHER BEAUMAN 496pp ISBN 9781903155080 A Book Society Choice, shortlisted for the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize, the second Dorothy Whipple novel we published (after Someone At A Distance) is also wonderfully well written in a clear and straightforward style; yet 'this real treat' (Sunday Telegraph) is far more subtle than it at first appears. The Blakes are an ordinary family: Celia looks after the house