Doris Lessing Children of Violence 5 Book Boxed Set Martha Quest Gold Vintage PB
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Complete five-volume paperback boxed set of the Children of Violence novel sequence by Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. Published by Panther Books, this collection follows protagonist Martha Quest through her life in Africa and England. • Author: Doris Lessing • Publisher: Panther Books, Circa 1975, Printed in Great Britain • Titles Included: Martha Quest, A Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, The Four-Gated City • Format: 5 Paperbacks with case • Language: English • Dimensions: approx. 7.75" x 5.25" x 4.5" (boxed) Condition: Good used condition. Slipcase shows shelf wear, rubbing, and minor corner bumping. Book spines have light creasing and tanning consistent with age. Pages are clean without significant markings. Good Readable books. "The series follows the life of protagonist Martha Quest from adolescence until her death, which takes place in the future, in the year 1997. The first four novels are set during the 1930s and 1940s, in the fictional country of Zambesia, based on the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where Lessing lived from 1925 until 1949.[4] The fifth work, The Four-Gated City, is set in London, primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. The novel's appendix extends into a dystopian future in which Britain has become uninhabitable due to an unspecified catastrophe, speculated to be either a nuclear detonation or mass contamination from chemical weapons following a fire at Porton Down."
- Publisher: Panther Books
- Year: 1975
- Condition: Good
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