Read The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen's novel "The Death of the Heart" explores themes of love, betrayal, and loss.

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The Death of the Heart

The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen set in the interwar period. It is about a sixteen-year-old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thomas and falls in love with Eddie, a friend of her sister-in-law.

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