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Lettice & Victoria
Susanna Johnston
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Description for Lettice & Victoria
Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
This mischievous roman a clef revolves around the interactions of five main characters. Victoria, barely twenty, finds herself acting as amanuensis to Laurence, an elderly man of letters, now blind, who lives in a ravishing house by the sea in northern Italy. Soon after her arrival, she indulges in a heady night of passion with Edgar, a youthful Englishman. Their subsequent union introduces Edgar's pretentious mother Lettice, who is jealous and suspicious of her daughter-in-law's prettiness and her ability to amuse Lettice's intellectual friends. While Victoria struggles to adapt to her new surroundings, Lettice, in a bid to maintain her ... Read more
This mischievous roman a clef revolves around the interactions of five main characters. Victoria, barely twenty, finds herself acting as amanuensis to Laurence, an elderly man of letters, now blind, who lives in a ravishing house by the sea in northern Italy. Soon after her arrival, she indulges in a heady night of passion with Edgar, a youthful Englishman. Their subsequent union introduces Edgar's pretentious mother Lettice, who is jealous and suspicious of her daughter-in-law's prettiness and her ability to amuse Lettice's intellectual friends. While Victoria struggles to adapt to her new surroundings, Lettice, in a bid to maintain her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909807228
SKU
V9781909807228
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99-99
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