Lolly Willowes from Sundays at the Ritz

from Sundays at the Ritz to Saturdays at the Folies-Bergère

appears here both in the original German and in a new English translation

classic ironwork

and compactness

Lolly Willowes from Sundays at the Ritz"This is the witty, eerie, tender but firm life history of a middle class Englishwoman who politely declines to make the expected connection with the opposite sex and becomes a witch instead." John Updike Forty seven year old Lolly Willowes is a conventional maiden aunt, an unpaid companion and babysitter to her brothers' children. After years of submission to her controlling family, she develops a longing for the countryside and dark, wild places