Vera: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics)

by ElizabethVonArnim (Author), ElizabethVonArnim (Author), Elizabeth von Arnim (Author)

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2006
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Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss.
This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.

Synopsis

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss.

This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 02 Feb 2006
ISBN 10: 1844082814
ISBN 13: 9781844082810
Book Overview: *Considered by many to be von Arnim's finest work, VERA is a startling exploration of sex and violence *This is the book many believe du Maurier to have based REBECCA on

Media Reviews

Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony * Lisa St. Aubin de Teran *
She has a wild sense of comedy and a vision continually thwarted though it was of potential happiness * Penelope Mortimer *

Author Bio

A greatly admired literary figure of her time, Elizabeth von Arnim was born in 1866 and brought up in England. She spent later years in Switzerland, the French Riviera and America, where she died in 1941.