About:
Concluding is a novel that unfolds within one day, focusing on the happenings at a girls' school. The story revolves around Mr. Rock, a retired scientist living on the school grounds, his daughter Elizabeth, and the disappearance of two girls. The book intricately weaves together the lives of various characters, the schemes of the administrators, and the relationships forming amidst the preparations for the end-of-term dance. Henry Green's writing style is described as unique, with a keen eye for detail and poetic descriptions of nature that beautifully complement the human interactions within the story.
From The Publisher:
Henry Green considered Concluding the finest of all his books
Concluding -set in a single summer day-has at its heart old Mr. Rock, a famous retired scientist: he lives in a cottage on the grounds of a girl's boarding school. Living with him is Elizabeth, his somewhat unstrung granddaughter; his white cat; his white goose; and Daisy, his white pig. Miss Edge and Miss Baker-the two inseparable spinster harpies who run the school-scheme to dislodge him from the cottage. Concluding opens with the discovery that two of the schoolgirls have vanished in the night: searching, eavesdropping, worrying, jostling, and giggling all ensue. A love affair, a dance, that magnificent pig, small joys, and low ambitions all stream together, crowding up to the reader's eye, as Henry Green brews up an enchanting, heartbreaking, and darkly sunny novel.
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