What: Penelope Fitzgerald, print-works, Moscow, 1913, pre-revolution, British business, comedy of manners, Tolstoyan bookkeeper
Representative quote: "With the ruthlessness of the timid, Miss Kinsman was coming after him now to suggest that she would be suitable for the post of governess at 22 Lipka Street."
Connections to previous Wreckage: Fitzgerald also wrote The Blue Flower (Rec. #164), The Gate of Angels (Rec. #79), and Innocence (Rec. #243).
The Beginning of Spring was part of List #22: A Few of the Best Books I Read in 2012.
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