The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen set between the two world wars. 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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The 482nd greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 26th on D. G. Myers’ 50 Greatest English Language Novels (D. G. Myers)
2. - 43rd on 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 (Counterpunch)
3. - 84th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
4. - 88th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
5. - TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	The Death of the Heart	Mass Market Paperback	1612064	$12.95	$2.91
	The Death of the Heart	Mass Market Paperback	4184535		$6.50
	The Death of the Heart (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	2461712	$4.95	$0.01	1991
	Death (The) of the Heart, A Novel	Hardcover	4572809		$4.95
	Death of the Heart	Paperback	2291386	$10.85	$8.55	1998
	The Death of the Heart (Penguin Modern Classics)	Paperback	3932107	$10.29	$0.36	1986
	The Death of the Heart	Hardcover	2435108	$33.01	$17.90	1984
	The Death of the Heart	Hardcover	9550780		$29.99
	the death of the heart	Paperback	4048005		$0.74
	The Death of the Heart	Hardcover	9775432		$33.30
	The Death of the Heart	Paperback	4396133	$121.38	$0.01
	The Death of the Heart	Paperback	336366	$9.64	$2.58	2000