Three novels in one volume following the artistic and eccentric Aubrey
family in the years surrounding the Great War. In The Fountain
Overflows,Papa Aubrey’s wife and twin daughters, Mary and Rose, are
piano prodigies, his young son, Richard Quin, is a lively boy, and his
eldest daughter, Cordelia, is a beautiful and driven young woman with
musical aspirations. But the talented and eccentric Aubrey family
rarely enjoys a moment of harmony, as its members struggle to overcome
the effects of their patriarch’s spendthrift ways. Now they must
move so that their father can find stable employment. Despite the
daunting odds, the Aubreys hope that art will save them from the
cacophony of a life sliding toward poverty. In The Real Night, a
talented musician and her kin ponder what being young women on their
own will entail. Abandoned by their feckless father, Rose and her
family must move beyond their comfortable drawing room to discover a
world of kind patrons, music teachers, and concert hall acclaim, but
also domestic strife, anti-Semitism, and social pressure to marry. Set
before World War I, Rebecca West’s intimate, eloquent family
portrait brings to life a time when women recognized their own voices
and the joys of living off one’s own talents. In Cousin Rosamund,
Mary and Rose Aubrey have found success as accomplished pianists in
the years after the war. But despite their travels and material
rewards, they remain apart from society. When their cherished cousin
Rosamund surprises them by marrying a man they feel is beneath her,
the sisters must reconsider what love means to them and how they can
find a sense of spiritual wellbeing on their own, without the guidance
of their family. “Very few writers have managed to be more
knowledgeable and profound in their thinking,” said the Los Angeles
Times about Rebecca West, and the Saga of the Century is a collection
of three absorbing novels inspired partly by her own life.
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The Fountain Overflows, This Real Night, and Cousin Rosamund
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781453276471
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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