Mr Skeffington was Elizabeth's last book, written in Switzerland and France shortly before the outbreak of WW 2, and published in 1940 in the USA and the UK. It is a complex, paradoxical, and sardonic story in which the main character, Lady Frances Skeffington, was exceptionally beautiful when young, had lost much of her beauty after a severe illness, and knew her 50th birthday was coming soon.
The text was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Virago version. I have silently corrected typos, curled apostrophes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.
The text was taken from The University of Adelaide ebook library, and checked against the Virago version. I have silently corrected typos, curled apostrophes, and made changes to spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation using oxforddictionaries.com.
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