The typewriter's tale

Michiel Heyns

earliest edition we have, 2005 Jonathan Ball, 2005 237 pages

""Live all you can; it's a mistake not to." This is the maxim of celebrated author Henry James and one which his typist Frieda Wroth tries to live up to. Admiring of the great author, she nevertheless feels marginalized and undervalued in her role. But when the dashing Morton Fullerton comes to visit, Frieda finds herself at the center of an intrigue every bit as engrossing as the novels she types, bringing her into...

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The typewriter's tale edition · 2017 · St. Martin's Press · 270 pages · 9781250119001
Typewriter's Tale edition · 2017 · St. Martin's Press · 9781250119018
Typewriter's Tale edition · 2012 · Ball Publishers, Jonathan · 9781868425044
The typewriter's tale edition · 2005 · Jonathan Ball · 237 pages

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