Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Angus Wilson

Original title: Anglo-Saxon attitudes

first published 1956 New York Review Books, 2005 346 pages

New York Review Books classics

The novel deals with the significance of two connected events that happened on the same day, long before the opening of the novel. The first was the excavation of an ancient and valuable archaeological idol, a phallic figure unearthed from the tomb of an Anglo-Saxon bishop Eorpwald, known as the "Melpham excavation". Gerald has long been haunted by a drunken revelation by his friend Gilbert, who was involved with thi...

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Editions we hold

Anglo-Saxon attitudes edition · 2005 · New York Review Books · 346 pages
Anglo-Saxon attitudes edition · 1996 · St. Martin's Griffin · 346 pages
Anglo-Saxon attitudes edition · 1994 · Penguin · 346 pages
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes paperback · 1978 · Penguin (Non-Classics) · 352 pages
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes paperback · 1963 · Signet Classics · 9780451501516
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes paperback · 1960 · Penguin (Non-Classics) · 9780670000623
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes hardcover · 1956 · Viking Adult · 410 pages · 9780670126354
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes edition · 1956 · Secker & Warburg · 412 pages · 9780436575006

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