The Dark Flower - Couverture souple

Galsworthy, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0955519675 ISBN 13 : 9780955519673

Editeur : Capuchin Classics, 2008

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Within a dozen pages, Galsworthy establishes his mastery of compelling narrative and sketches an irresistible plot. It is the kind of book one can devour in a single day. Much of Galsworthy s achievement lies in the mixture of pathos and humour which he derives from characters little able to express their feelings. It is hard to think of another male British novelist who explores a lover s heart so painstakingly. There is much else to admire in The Dark Flower, from Galsworthy s impressionistic descriptions and eye for detail to the subtle symmetry he creates between his characters, emphasising the cyclical nature of the story. Published in 1913, it also holds the fascination of a world about to be transformed by war: one in which billets doux could still be delivered by the hand of a discreet manservant, and the residents of Piccadilly kept their horses stabled close by so that they could gallop down to Richmond for fresh air.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians- the Forsytes. He made their lives and times- loves and losses- fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. The foreword writer Anthony Gardner edits the Royal Society of Literature's annual review, and has built a reputation for fine judgment and eclectic scholarship in the field of recent English letters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Capuchin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955519675
• ISBN 13: 9780955519673
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Éditeur: Gardner Anthony
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