The Death of the Heart
Irish novelist, 1899–1973.
The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Elizabeth Bowen
- First published
- 1938
- Length
- 368 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Class and society
Is The Death of the Heart worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 84 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 88 | See the list |
Best edition of The Death of the Heart
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1998), 368 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1998)
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780099276456
How critics and readers rate The Death of the Heart
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 25% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work