The tortoise and the hare

Elizabeth Jenkins

Original title: The tortoise and the hare, a novel

first published 1954 Virago, 1983 paperback 252 pages

Portway Reprints

In affairs of the heart, the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair. Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and ungainly—the very opposite of Imogen—seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeedi...

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Tortoise and the Hare edition · 2011 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 288 pages · 9781844087471
The tortoise and the hare edition · 2008 · Virago · 269 pages · 9781844084944
The tortoise and the hare edition · 1984 · Dial Press · 252 pages
The tortoise and the hare paperback · 1983 · Virago · 252 pages · 9780860682721
The tortoise and the hare edition · 1973 · Chivers · 252 pages
The tortoise and the hare edition · 1971 · Cedric Chivers Ltd · 252 pages

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