The Feast (novel)

The Feast

First US edition
Author	Margaret Kennedy
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publisher	Cassell (UK) Rinehart (US)
Publication date	1949
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The Feast is a 1950 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] An excerpt titled "Never Look Back" appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1949.

Synopsis

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

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

• 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.