Caprice

by Ronald Firbank

Overview

The stage-struck daughter of an English rural dean runs off with the family plate to London and a theatrical career–only to die tragically by the bite of a mousetrap in her moment of triumph as a sensational Juliet. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811212434
Publisher:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date:	04/17/1993
Series:	New Directions Bibelot
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) was an acclaimed British novelist whose work was championed by E. M. Forster and Evelyn Waugh. He attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, although he left before receiving a degree. He traveled extensively through Spain, Italy, the Middle East, and North Africa. He died of lung disease while in Rome in 1926.

Editorial Reviews

A girl runs away to London's theatrical bohemia in Firbank's (1886-1926) comic novel. (Apr.)

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