The last september sparknotes

1929 novel by Elizabeth Bowen

The Last September is a 1929novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen, concerning life in Danielstown, Cork during the Irish War of Independence, at a country mansion.

The last september sparknotes

John Banville wrote a screenplay based on the novel; the film adaptation was released in 1999.

Plot

Preface

Although The Last September was first published in 1929, a preface was written for this text decades later to be included in the second American edition of this novel.

Concerned that readers unfamiliar with this particular chapter of Irish history would not fully comprehend the anxieties of these times,^[1] Bowen takes great pains to explain the particulars of both her writing process and the political reasons for the unsettled atmosphere felt throughout the text, palpable even in its most seemingly serene moments.

Of all her books, Bowen notes, The Last September is "nearest to my heart, [and it] had a deep, unclouded, spontaneo