This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

The Fountain Overflows copyright © 1956 by Rebecca West

A serial version of this novel appeared in the Ladies’ Home Journal.

This Real Night copyright © 1984 by the estate of Rebecca West

Cousin Rosamund copyright © 1985 by the estate of Rebecca West

Afterword copyright © 1985 by Victoria Glendinning

cover design by Andrea C. Uva

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