The Heat of the Day (1948)

Elizabeth Bowen

Prose (fiction)

English

Elizabeth Bowen's story of the London Blitz. It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.

Screenplay adapted by Harold Pinter.

Date of Composition: 1948

Linked Works

No Linked works have been added to this work record yet.

Linked Places

No Linked places have been added to this work record yet.

Publishers

Knopf on (12 October 1948)

Characters

Stella (Heat of the Day) (Age: Not specified, Female)

Robert (The Heat of the Day) (Age: Unknown, Male)

Harrison (Age: Unknown, Male)

Roderick (Age: Unknown, Male)

Louie (Age: Unknown, Female)

Connie (Age: Unknown, Female)

Ernestine (Age: Unknown, Female)

Mrs Kelway (Age: Unknown, Female)

Nettie (Age: Unknown, Female)

Colonel Pole (Age: Unknown, Male)

Resources

No resources have been added to this work record yet.

Sources

Penguin Publisher

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/103/1033044/the-heat-of-the-day/9780099276463.html

URL

Plot summary from publisher's website.