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''Air and Angels'', is a novel by English author Susan Hill, first published in 1991 by Sinclair Stevenson and since republished by Vintage Books in 1999 who have also made it available as an ebook.〔http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057X65TK Retrieved 2011-07-11.〕 It is said to contain some of her finest writing〔page 287 of ''Good Fiction Guide'' ed. Jane Rogers, 2nd edition published 2005 by OUP〕 ==Plot introduction== The first half of the book comprises two separate narratives in set in Edwardian〔page 141 of ''Good Reading Guide'' ed. Nick Rennison, 6th edition published 2003 by Bloomsbury〕 India and Cambridge. In Cambridge the Revd Thomas Cavendish, a celibate and irreproachable university don in his mid-fities appears destined to become master of the college. He lives with his sister and is a confirmed batchelor, spurning the attentions of his sister's friend Florence who is determined to wed him. His enthusiasm is birds; spending his leisure time either on the Fens birdwatching, or in his indoor aviary. In India, 15-year-old Kitty is becoming bored with ex-colonial life, and at the same time repelled by the poverty she sees nearby; and longs to return to the England she left as a young child. Eventually her parents relenting and after a long sea voyage she arrives at her cousin Florence's house in Cambridge. The second half of the book concerns Thomas Cavendish's growing obsession with Kitty after he sees her from his window, as she stands on a bridge over the river. Through his contacts with Florence he becomes her tutor with disastrous results... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air and Angels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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