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The Go-BetweenThe Go-Between

The Go-Between1953

L. P. Hartley

About this book

Narrated as a memoir, this excellent novel tells the story of one summer at the turn of the century when the narrator was a young boy. The boy spends the summer in question as a guest at a country estate where he befriends a local farmer. He soon finds himself acting as an unwitting messenger, carrying letters back and forth between the farmer and the daughter of his host on whom he has a crush.

Details

First published
1953
OL Work ID
OL2047674W

Subjects

Country homesCountry lifeCourtshipFictionGentrySocial classesTeenage boysAutobiographical memoryMan-woman relationshipsPsychologyMemoryLove storiesAutobiographical memory -- Fiction.Psychological fictionEngland, fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, psychologicalFiction, romance, general

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