The Whitsun Weddings (book)
First edition
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| Author | Philip Larkin |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Faber and Farber |
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Published in English
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1964 |
| Preceded by | The Less Deceived |
| Followed by | High Windows |
The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 poems by Philip Larkin. It was first published by Faber and Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a commercial success, by the standards of poetry publication, with the first 4,000 copies being sold within two months. A United States edition appeared some seven months later.
It contains many of Larkin's best known poems, such as 'The Whitsun Weddings', 'Days', 'Mr Bleaney', 'MCMXIV', and 'An Arundel Tomb'.
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