Thinking Reed

Isabelle is beautiful, immensely rich and a widow at the age of twenty-six. In 1928 she leaves America for Cannes and Paris in search of high society - and love. For though outwardly she has everything women dream of, inside she craves the peace of a lasting marriage. To find the kind of love she needs Isabelle must choose between three men: her violent, fascinating lover, the aristocrat Andre de Verviers; a reserved plantation owner from the Deep South, Laurence Vernon; and the eccentric millionaire Marc Sellafranque... First published in 1936, this is Rebecca West's most popular work of fiction: at once a masterful portrayal of the brilliance and decadence of high society in the 1920s, and a poignant and compassionate portrait of one woman's life and loves.

A propos de l'auteur

Rebecca West (1892-1983) was born Cicily Isabel Fairfield, taking her pen name from an Ibsen play. A feminist and social reformer, she was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1959. Her only son, Anthony West (1914-1987), was the son of author H.G. Wells.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rebecca West
• Collaboration: Victoria Glendinning (Introduction), Glendinning Victoria (Introduction)
• Edition: Virago Press Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 24.05.1984
• EAN: 9780860684985
• ISBN: 978-0-86068-498-5
• Pages: 448
• Thèmes: VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary