In Pursuit of the English Year First Published: 1960 First Published by: MacGibbon & Kee Category: Non-Fiction This Edition: British first edition

From the book jacket:

In Pursuit of the English is the story of a part of Mrs Lessing's life, opening with her departure from South Africa and embodying her first crucial years in England. It is an account characterized by a revealing eye and a balance of humour and humanity. Some of the English, she learned from living in a London working-class home, are lusty, quarrelsome, unscrupulous and full-blooded; in fact, quite unlike what they are supposed to be.

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