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The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In Penelope Fitzgerald’s intriguing historical novel, a woman inexplicably disappears as the shadow of impending revolution hangs over imperial Russia.“Writing so precise and lilting it can make you shiver.” — Los Angeles TimesIt is March 1913, and dear, slovenly Mother Moscow, her windows still sealed against the cold of winter, is stirring herself to meet the beginning of spring. In 22 Lipka Street, English printer Frank Reid has returned home from work to find that his wife has gone away; no one knows where or why, or whether she’ll ever come back. All Frank knows for sure is that he is now alone and must find someone to care for his three young children."The prolific Penelope Fitzgerald (Innocence; Offshore; etc.) tackles different cultures with the same sort of intensity that Meryl Streep masters foreign accents — and with similar results: admirable and polished performances that are always just a trifle self-aware... enhanc[ing] the quirky energy of her story with details that seem both real and dreamlike: "the reek of tar and buckwheat pancakes"; "the sounds of a hundred bells chiming in the square"; "the potent leaf sap of the birch trees." ...Fitzgerald's latest sometimes

Who reads The Beginning of Spring?

Author

Penelope Fitzgerald

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547524795

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

Rating

3.77 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13