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The Albatross novella written by Susan Hill , first appearing in the collection The Albatross and Other Stories Hamish Hamilton in 1971. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1972.[2] Penguin Books in 2000.[3] GCSE English as an example of the best of modern women's writing.[4]
Plot introduction [ edit ]
The Albatross centers around Duncan, an intellectually disabled 18-year-old who has grown up with his domineering wheelchair-using mother[1] Suffolk seaside town based on Aldeburgh .[5]
Inspiration [ edit ]
The story was partly inspired by local composer Benjamin Britten 's opera Peter Grimes [5]
Publication history [ edit ]
1971, UK, Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 0-241-01976-1 , Pub date 11 Feb 1971, Hardback
1973, UK, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-003649-0 , Pub date 25 Oct 1973, Paperback
1975, US, E.P. Dutton, ISBN 0-8415-0383-4 , Hardback
1978, UK, Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 0-241-10090-9 , Pub date Dec 1978, Hardback
1994, UK, Soundings, ISBN 1-854-96951-X , Audio cassette,[6] Patricia Gallimore
1995, UK, Isis, ISBN 1-85695-383-1 , Pub date Jun 1995, Large print
2000, UK, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-029330-2 , Pub date 30 Nov 2000, Paperback[7]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Edition details" . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2011 .
^ The Albatross - Study Texts S. (Book) by Susan Hill, et al. (1990): Waterstones.com Retrieved 2011-07-17.
^ a b Author's afterword in the 2000 Penguin edition of the book
^ The Albatross / Susan Hill. (sound recording) / - Version details - Trove Retrieved 2013-01-02.
^ www.fantasticfiction.co.uk Retrieved 2012-11-18.
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
