Better Than Play

By Mabel Quiller-Couch

Duty and desire collide in a quietly explosive moral theatre. Better Than Play returns to life in a finely balanced Victorian drama of honour, longing, and social constraint. In a world of london high society and the english countryside, characters navigate hidden loyalties, shifting loyalties, and the quiet tensions that test what we owe to family, class, and ourselves. Its late nineteenth century fiction pulse-rich in atmosphere, keen on character, and sharpened by moral dilemma themes and romantic tension themes-speaks to both casual readers and undergraduates studying classic british fiction with a modern sensibility. This edition acknowledges the work's literary and historical significance, inviting new readers to trace the boundaries of duty and choice as readers once did with Wilkie Collins novels and Thomas Hardy novels. It offers a fresh entry point for book clubs and collectors alike, where every page bears the weight of cultural memory and local colour, from bustling city streets to sun-dappled hedgerows. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. A refined, accessible homage to a quintessential era, Better Than Play rewards careful reading and rewards the patient, curious reader with a quietly resonant portrait of society's expectations and the human heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354841597
• ISBN13: 9789354841590
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"