A Handful of Dust

A whole Gothic world had come to grief . . .''br>br>Beautiful Lady Brenda Last lives at Hetton Abbey, a crumbling Gothic monstrosity that is her husband Tony''s pride and joy. Bored and restless after seven years of marriage, she drifts into an affair with a worthless young socialite. Abandoning the country for the glamorous yet shallow London scene, Brenda imagines divorce will bring happiness. Instead she and Tony feel lost and isolated - victims of the wreckless times in which they live . . .>

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Evelyn Waugh, Waugh Evelyn
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.08.2014
• EAN: 9780241970553
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97055-3
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 111 mm x 181 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Essential Penguin; Penguin Essentials; VIKING FIC PB; Penguin Essentials; VIKING FIC PB; Essential Penguin
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Adult & contemporary romance, Historical fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, contemporary romance, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction