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.

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
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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