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While her novels masquerade as witty comedies of manners, set in the lavish country houses of the Anglo-Irish or in elegant London homes, they mine the depths of private tragedy with a subtle ferocity and psychological complexity comparable to Henry James.  \nMs Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. Her book Bowen ’s Court (1942) is the history of her family and their house, in County Cork. Throughout her life, she divided her time between London and Bowen’s Court, which she inherited. She wrote many acclaimed novels and short story collections, was awarded the CBE (Companion of the Order of the British Empire) in 1948, and was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1965. She died in 1973.  \nTHE DEATH OF THE HEART  \nELIZABETH BOWEN  \n©  \nAnchor Books A Division of Random House, Inc. New York FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, MAY 2000 Copyright © rgj8, copyright renewed ig66 by Elizabeth Bowen All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover m the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc , New York, in 1939.  \nAnchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House,  \nInc.  \nThe Library of Congress cataloged the Knopf edition as follows: Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. The death of the heart Elizabeth Bowen. Published by A. A. Knopf, New York, [1939. p. cm. PZ3.B6738 DE4 10476084 CIP](1939. p. cm. PZ3.B6738 DE4 10476084 CIP)  \nANCHOR ISBN: 0-385-72017-3  \n[www.anchorbooks.com](www.anchorbooks.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPart One The World Part Two The Flesh  \nPart Three The Devil  \nTHE WORLD  \nI  \nTHAT morning’s ice, no more than a brittle film, had cracked and was now floating in segments. These tapped together or, parting, left channels of dark water, down which swans in slow indignation swam. The island stood in frozen woody brown dusk: it was now between three and four in the afternoon. A sort of breath from the clay, from the city outside the park, condensing, made the air unclear; through this, the trees round the lake soared frigidly up. Bronze cold of January bound the sky and the landscape; the sky was shut to the sun—but the swans, the rims of the ice, the pallid withdrawn Regency terraces had an unnatural burnish, as though cold were light. There is something momentous about the height of winter. Steps rangon the bridges, and along the black walks. This weather had set in; it would freeze harder tonight.  \nOn a footbridge between an island and the mainland a man and woman stood talking, leaning on the rail. In the intense cold, which made everyone hurry, they had chosen to make this long summerlike pause. Their oblivious stillness made them look like lovers—actually, their elbows were some inches apart: they were riveted not to each other but to what she said. Their thick coats made their figures sexless and stiff as chessmen: they were wellto-do, inside bulwarks of fur and cloth their bodies generated a steady warmth; they could only see the cold—or, if they felt it, they only felt it at their extremities. Now and then he stamped on the bridge, or she brought her muff up to her face. Ice pushed down the channel under the bridge, so that while they talked their reflections were constantly broken up.  \nHe said: “You were mad ever to touch the thing.”  \n“All the same, I feel sure you would have, St. Quentin.”  \n“No, I doubt that. I never do want to know, really, what anyone thinks.”“If I’d had the slightest idea—”  \n“However, you did.”  \n“And I’ve seldom been more upset.”  \n“Poor Anna!…How did you find it, though?”  \n“Oh, I wasn’t looking for it,” said Anna quickly.“I should far rather not kn","cbCaijwSxZ96ttDf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijwSxZ96ttDf","pdf",1539593,299,"English","# Contents\n## Part One The World\n## Part Two The Flesh\n## Part Three The Devil\n# The World","[{\"question\":\"What is the setting and mood at the start of the novel?\",\"answer\":\"The opening scene takes place in a harsh winter landscape with ice, cold air, and shadowed terraces. The mood is tense and expectant, reinforcing the novel’s psychological pressure.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the characters introduced early on, and what are they doing?\",\"answer\":\"A man and woman stand talking on a footbridge while the cold forces everyone to hurry. Their stillness and careful conversation suggest emotional tension masked by social restraint.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the novel use dialogue to develop conflict?\",\"answer\":\"The early exchanges turn on blame, regret, and concealed knowledge, with characters speaking indirectly and probing each other’s motives. This dialogue drives psychological complexity rather than simple plot events.\"}]","The Death of the Heart | PDF",460]