The Sealed Letter - Couverture rigide

Donoghue, Emma

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 015101549X ISBN 13 : 9780151015498

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Donoghue Emma

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Miss Emily "Fido" Faithfull is a "woman of business" and a spinster pioneer in the British women’s movement, independent of mind but naively trusting of heart. Distracted from her cause by the sudden return of her once-dear friend, the unhappily wed Helen Codrington, Fido is swept up in the intimate details of Helen’s failing marriage and obsessive affair with a young army officer. What begins as a loyal effort to help a friend explodes into a courtroom drama that rivals the Clinton affair —complete with stained clothing, accusations of adultery, counterclaims of rape, and a mysterious letter that could destroy more than one life.

Based on a scandalous divorce case that gripped England in 1864, The Sealed Letter is a riveting, provocative drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.

Revue de presse :

PRAISE FOR EMMA DONOGHUE "Either Emma Donoghue spends most of her waking hours in musty library stacks or she lives a previous life in 18th-century England. She seems to inhabit the place. This is wonderful, soapy entertainment, but Donoghue infuses it with something more."—Houston Chronicle

"Superb . . . Donoghue uses both the color of the period and its literary devices to create a rich, complex, and remarkably powerful story."—Elle

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 015101549X
• ISBN 13: 9780151015498
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 416