The Present and the Past
Ivy Compton-Burnett
'I cannot be parted longer from my sons... I am coming back to my home' Nine years after her divorce from Cassius Clare, Catherine decides to re-enter his life. Her decision causes a dramatic upheaval in the Clare family and its implications are analysed and redefined, not only in the drawing-room, but in the children's nursery and the servants' quarters. At first, Flavia, Cassius's second wife, feels resentment, fearing that she may be usurped. But as a friendship develops between the two women, it is Cassius who is excluded and whose self-pity intensifies, erupting in a shocking, unexpected way...
年:
2011
出版商:
A&C Black
語言:
english
頁數:
142
ISBN 10:
1448206642
ISBN 13:
9781448206643
文件:
EPUB, 2.05 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011