The L-Shaped Room (novel)
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Lynne Reid Banks |
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| Cover artist | Una Bishop |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Bildungsroman |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1960 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 269 pp (Paperback) |
The L-Shaped Room is a 1960 British novel by Lynne Reid Banks which tells the story of a young woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the building. It was adapted into a film, with significant differences from the novel, by Bryan Forbes.