The Death of the Heart Audiobook by Elizabeth Bowen

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/43/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Death of the Heart Author: Elizabeth Bowen Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-10 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 78 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: The Death of the Heart is perhaps Elizabeth Bowen's best-known book. As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen reveals herself as a masterful novelist who combines a sense of humor with a devastating gift for divining human motivations. In this piercing story of innocence betrayed set in the '30s, the orphaned Portia is stranded in the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's home in London. There she encounters the attractive, carefree cad Eddie. To him, Portia is at once child and woman, and he fears her gushing love. To her, Eddie is the only reaason to be alive. But when Eddie follows Portia to a sea-side resort, the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal - and sets in motion one of the most moving and desperate flights of the heart in modern literature. Critic Reviews: "A witty, lucid, and beautiful psychological novel.... By far her best book." (The New Yorker)