Hester - Couverture souple

Oliphant, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199555494 ISBN 13 : 9780199555499

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

'Human nature may be easy to see through, but it is very hard to understand.'

The ageing Catherine Vernon, jilted in her youth, has risen to power in a man's world as head of the family bank. She thinks she sees through everyone and rules over a family of dependents with knowing cynicism. But there are two people in Redborough who resist her. One is Hester, a young relation with a personality as strong as Catherine's, and as determined to find a role for herself. The other is Edward, Catherine's favourite, whom she treats like a son. Conflict between young and old is inevitable, and in its depiction of the complex relationships that develop between the three principal characters, Publishing October 2003 (exact date?)

Margaret Oliphant is one of the great Victorian novelists, and this edition establishes her rediscovered importance.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Philip Davis is the author of The Victorians 1830-1880 in the new Oxford English Literary History series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199555494
• ISBN 13: 9780199555499
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Éditeur: Davis Philip, Nellist Brian
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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