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Arnim Elizabeth von Livres

    Connue comme « l'auteure d'Elizabeth et son jardin allemand », cette écrivaine a été célébrée pour ses observations pointues sur les conventions sociales et les relations interpersonnelles. Son œuvre précoce, souvent empreinte d'esprit et d'ironie, explorait les thèmes de la vie rurale et des aspirations féminines. Plus tard dans sa carrière, elle a exploré les complexités du mariage et de la liberté personnelle. Son style se caractérise par une perspicacité aiguë et un humour sec, offrant aux lecteurs un aperçu satirique des couches supérieures de la société.

    The Solitary Summer
    Vera

    • Vera

      • 322pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
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      First published in 1921, Vera is a darkly comic story about Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss. Both have recently lost someone close to them as the first chapter opens. They meet and at once believe they have found a soul mate in each other. As their relationship progresses we come to understand more of each character's past. Most importantly we learn about Wemyss' late wife, Vera. What at first appears to be a different and quirky romance turns out to be an indictment of egoism and dominance in relationships.

      Vera

    • The Solitary Summer

      • 144pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      First published in 1899, The Solitary Summer picks up where Elizabeth and Her German Garden left off. Instead of a year's diary of the previous book, this sequel relates a summer in the life of Elizabeth in her patterings about the garden, care of her "babies", various escapades with servants and towns-folk, and several appearances of her husband, "The Man of Wrath".

      The Solitary Summer