Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicle) [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Elizabeth Jane Howard (Author), Jill Balcon (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996 | Series: Cazalet Chronicle

The final volume of the Cazalet Chronicle begins in July of 1945 after Victory in Europe Day. Polly, Clary and Louise are now grown up, discovering loneliness, loss and passion. Rupert has returned from the war in France only to be forced to choose between his wife and his mistress, and Hugh must now come to terms with Sybil's death.

"One of the literary classics of the 1990's". - Sunday Telegraph

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745173470
• ISBN-13: 978-0745173474
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,328,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Satisfying Conclusion to the Cazalet Saga, June 9, 2001

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Antoinette Klein (Hoover, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicle) (Paperback)

The fourth and final volume of "The Cazalet Chronicle" brings to a satisfying conclusion the story of this much-extended English family. Taking place in the aftermath of World War II, each family member grapples with the rationing, food and housing shortages, and other deprivations the English endured. Marriages break apart and new unions are formed, pregnancy shatters the life of one cousin while another eagerly anticipates motherhood, new careers are begun, family rifts pit brother against brother, and old loves are rekindled as the Cazalets head into the future. Elizabeth Jane Howard writes the intimate details of their lives with a warmth,humor, and passion that is almost magical.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great send-off to a great series!, January 22, 2002

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Maggie "maggie79" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CASTING OFF (Cazalet Chronicle) (Hardcover)

This was, I think, the most touching book of the Cazalet series. After the war their situations are not automatically better, but slowly things begin to improve for some of the Cazalets. Clary and Polly fall in love, Rupert and Zoe try to rediscover each other, and Louise makes peace with her past and takes control of her life.

For those in the United States who are having a hard time finding this book (as I did) I suggest you try W. H. Smith On-line. I ordered it from them and it took about a month to arrive from England (cost was about 10 pounds).

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars frustrated reader can't believe vol. 4 is out of stock!, September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicle) (Paperback)

I can't believe this book is out of stock! The end of volume 3 of the Cazalet chronicles leaves you yearning for the final volume (Howard has slowing been increasing the emotional tension with each volume)--and now I'm left in limbo indefinitely! Can't you get some word from the publisher?