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Can I read The Heat of the Day on EtoBox?
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Heat of the Day about?
In The Heat of the Day , Elizabeth Bowen brilliantly recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown together in an odd intimacy born of crisis. Stella Rodney is one of those who chose to stay. But for her, the sense of impending catastrophe becomes acutely personal when she discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling secrets to the enemy, and that the man who is following him wants Stella herself as the price of his silence. Caught between these two men, not sure whom to believe, Stella finds her world crumbling as she learns how little we can truly know of those around us.
Who reads The Heat of the Day?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Elizabeth Bowen
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385721288
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.46 / 5 (1,188 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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