By Grand Central Station I Sat down and Wept (Collins Modern Classics Edition)
Publisher,Fourth Estate
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No. of Pages, 112
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Elizabeth Smart gained limited recognition in 1945 when 2000 copies of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept were published in London by a small press. Because of the book's subject -- an adulterous affair between a young woman and a married man -- the Smart family used political connections to have the book banned from entering Canada. The novel circulated in London and New York, however, and acquired a cult following that led to a paperback reissue in 1966 and to critical acclaim.
About the Author
Elizabeth Smart was born in Ottawa, Canada, in 1913. She was educated at private schools in Canada and, for a year, at King’s College, University of London. Her landmark work, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept was published in 1945. After the war she supported herself and her family through journalism and advertising work. In 1963 she became literary and associate editor of Queen magazine but subsequently dropped out of the literary scene to live quietly in a remote part of Suffolk. She died in 1986.
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 1 x 19.8 cm
