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Conceit

Mary Novik

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#7951 of 8,085 books · #1052 in Historical Fiction

Longlisted for the Giller Prize (2007).

Conceit won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, was chosen as a Book of the Year by both The Globe and Mail and Quill & Quire, and was named one of the Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade by Canada Reads. Mary Novik's debut novel is about Pegge Donne, the daughter of the Metaphysical poet John Donne, and is set in 17th century London. Other fictional characters based on historical people are Donne's wife Ann More, the diarist Samuel Pepys, and the fisherman Izaak Walton.

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Father-daughter relationships17th century LondonLove and desire

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