Vanity Fair, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451001517 ISBN 13 : 9781451001518

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A sharp-eyed look at manners and memory as two travelers return home. A widow and her husband rejoin a family of old friends and rivals, stepping into a world of black clothes, polite secrets, and social judgment. The scene mixes private longing with public display as they face a funeral, reunions, and the quiet power of status.

They navigate a house filled with history, catching up with relatives, former governesses, and ambitious siblings. The posturing, humor, and quietly potent phrases reveal how the past still shapes present fortunes and friendships.

• Character-driven scenes that blend wit, pride, and tenderness.


• A detailed portrait of a society where appearances and lineage matter.


• Observations on family dynamics, class, and the limits of reputation.


• A brisk, ironic voice that balances warmth with social satire.

Ideal for readers who enjoy rich character work, social satire, and Victorian-era storytelling with a keen eye for manners and memory.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

How TO Live Well on Nothing a-Y ear I SUPPOSE there is no man in this Vanity Fair of ours so little observant as not to think sometimes about the vorldly affairs of his acquaintances, or so extremely charitable as not to wonder how his neighbour Jones, or his neighbour Smith, can make both ends meet at the end of the year. With the utmost regard for the family, for instance (for I dine with them twice or thrice in the season), I cannot but own that the appearance of the Jenkinses in the Park, in the large barouche with the grenadier-footmen, will surprise and mystify me to my dying day: for though I know the equipage is only jobbed, and all the Jenkins people are on board wages, yet those three men and the carriage must represent an expense of six hundred a-year at the very least and then there are the splendid dinners, the two boys at Eton, the prize governess and masters for the girls, the trip abroad, or to Eastbourne or Worthing, in the autumn, the annual ball with a supper from Gunter s(who, by the way, supplies most of the first-rate dinners which J. gives, as I know very well, having been invited to one of them to fill a vacant place, when I saw at once that these repasts are very superior to the common run of entertainments for which the humbler sort of Js acquaintances get cards) who, I say, with the most good-natured feelings in the world, can help wondering how the Jenkinses make out matters? What is Jenkins? We all know Commissioner of the Taps and Sealing Wax Office, with 1200 a-year for a salary.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451001517
• ISBN 13: 9781451001518
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 468
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