Orchard and Vineyard

<p><I>Orchard and Vineyard</I> (1921) is a poetry collection by Vita Sackville-West. While she is most widely recognized as the lover of English novelist Virginia Woolf Sackville-West was a popular and gifted poet playwright and novelist in her own right. A prominent lesbian and bohemian figure Sackville-West was also the daughter of an English Baron granting her a unique and often divided perspective on life in the twentieth century. In Mariana in the North Sackville-West tells the story of a woman whose best days lie behind her whose beautiful lovers have passed leaving only the voice of the lonely land: All her youth is gone her beautiful youth outworn / Daughter of tarn and tor the moors that were once her home / No longer know her step... Mournful and romantic Sackville-West's verse explores such matters of the human heart as beauty aging and loss. Elsewhere she depicts a scene of broken trust in which a woman discovers that two acquaintances thought to be enemies have in fact been talking behind her back: she came / Into the room and heard their speech / Of tragic meshes knotted with her name... Known for her tumultuous heated affairs with men and women alike Sackville-West is an artist whose works so often mirror her life. This edition of Vita Sackville-West's <I>Orchard and Vineyard</I> is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>