Smouldering Fire was first published in the UK in 1935 and in the U.S. in 1938. Later reprints were all heavily abridged. this is the first unabridged edition of the novel in eighty years.
Dean Street Press, 9781912574490
Paperback 322pp
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“But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.” – Elizabeth von Arnim
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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.” – Saul Bellow
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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” – C.S. Lewis
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.” – David Foster Wallace