A Family Romance
'Literature for me was a magnificent destiny for which I was not yet fully prepared.'Paul and Henrietta Manning and their solitary, academic daughter Jane have nothing in common with Dolly, widow of Henrietta's brother. Corseted and painted, Dolly is a frivolous, superficial woman, who has little time for those without that inestimable quality - charm. Jane, in particular, falls into this category, especially after the death of her parents. But Jane has money - and a conscience - and these bind her to Dolly. Through disagreements, disappointments and disapprovals, Jane and Dolly are enmeshed in an uneasy alliance in which history and family c…
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- ISBN: 978-0-241-97844-3
- EAN: 9780241978443
- Produktnummer: 19692589
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'047 KB
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Anita Brookner
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