The Feast is a 1949 novel[1] by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[2] It is a modern reworking of the seven deadly sins.[3] Her ninth novel, it was her first in more than a decade. It was a Literary Guild choice in America.[4]

The Feast
First US edition
AuthorMargaret Kennedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherCassell (UK)
Rinehart (US)
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint

Synopsis edit

In a Cornish coastal resort town a landslide of a nearby cliff buries a hotel, killing those inside but sparing those who have gone out on a picnic excursion.

References edit

  1. ^ The [https://novelfeast.com/ Novel Feast, by Margaret Kennedy ] Retrieved 15/1/2021.
  2. ^ Humble p. 33-34
  3. ^ Stringer & Sutherland p.358
  4. ^ Hammill p.150

Bibliography edit

  • Hammill, Faye. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Between the Wars. University of Texas Press, 2007.
  • Humble, Nicola. The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism. Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
  • Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996.