The Ballad and the Source - Couverture souple

Lehmann, Rosamond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0860683303 ISBN 13 : 9780860683308

Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

The tale of the unlikely friendship between and an old woman and a young girl, this is one of Rosamond Lehmann's finest novels Ten year old Rebecca is living in the country with her family when Sibyl Jardine, an enigmatic and powerful old woman, returns to her property in the neighbourhood. The two families, once linked in the past, meet again, with the result that Rebecca becomes drawn into the strange complications of the old lady's life - with her husband, her errant daughter and her grandchildren. Through the spellbound eyes of the young Rebecca we enter into an intricate and scandalous family history and slowly the story of the passionate, stormy life of Mrs. Jardine unfolds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) was born in Buckinghamshire, the second of the
four children of R.C. Lehmann. She was a scholar at Girton College, Cambridge
and one of the most distinguished British novelists of this century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0860683303
• ISBN 13: 9780860683308
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible