If asked to capture Penelope Fitzgerald's writing with just two words, one could hardly choose better than “serious” and “graceful.” It is not that her novels are serious in the sense of weighty or ponderous, nor are they unfailingly graceful. In fact, although written with a commitment that borders on moral urgency, her novels are […]

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