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The Slaves of Solitude is a novel by Patrick Hamilton. It was published in 1947 and reissued by New York Review Books Classics in 2007. In the United States it was originally published under the title Riverside .
- Patrick Hamilton
- 1947
Feb 2, 2021 · A historical fiction about the social and psychological effects of World War II on two English soldiers. The book was published in 1999 by Penguin and is available online from Internet Archive.
Recounting an epic battle of wills in the claustrophobic confines of the boarding house, Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude, with a delightfully improbable heroine, is one of the finest and funniest books ever written about the trials of a lonely heart.
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A wartime boarding house in a small town on the Thames is the setting of this novel by Patrick Hamilton. It explores the themes of solitude, oppression, and change through the eyes of Miss Roach, a servant of the house.
Oct 23, 2013 · Recounting an epic battle of wills in the claustrophobic confines of the boarding house, Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude, with a delightfully improbable heroine, is one of the...
For Miss Roach, 'slave of her task-master, solitude', a shaft of not altogether welcome light is suddenly beamed upon her, with the appearance of a charismatic and emotional American...
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Recounting an epic battle of wills in the claustrophobic confines of the boarding house, Patrick Hamilton’s The Slaves of Solitude, with a delightfully improbable heroine, is one of the finest and funniest books ever written about the trials of a lonely heart.
