“Lilac” is a multilayered tale of a marriage proposal. Frederick Anstey, an art dealer, asks his beloved Lily Brocket to marry him. But she is in a hurry to get away, as her Aunt Clara has appeared from out of town, and she promises to write him a letter by ten that evening to give her reply. In the intervening hours, as Frederick is tormented by doubts, he meets a series of his neighbors, each of whom sheds a different light on possible outcomes of his proposal to Lily.
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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884–1941) was a New Zealand–born English novelist and short-story writer. Famous for his skill at scene setting and vivid plots, he was a bestselling author in the 1920s and 1930s and remains popular to this day.
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