Author: A. S. Byatt Year: 1996 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Historical fiction, Classic
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ISBNs: 9780517277744 9780679736806 0517277743 0679736808 |
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Babel Tower follows The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life in tracing Frederica Potter, a lover of books who reflects the author's life and times. It centers around two lawsuits: in one, Frederica -- a young intellectual who has married outside her social set -- is challenging her wealthy and violent husband for custody of their child; in the other, an unkempt but charismatic rebel is charged with having written an obscene book, a novel-within-a-novel about a small band of revolutionaries who attempt to set up an ideal community. And in the background, rebellion gains a major toehold in the London of the Sixties, and society will never be the same.
This book is part of the "The Frederica Quartet" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "A Whistling Woman" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Still Life" First published in 1985 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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