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L'età Del Desiderio (2013)

by Jennie Fields(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8854506214 (ISBN13: 9788854506213)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Neri Pozza

review 1: From the beginning I did not like this book, and I must say I liked it less as it went on. I did not the flowery writing style. I did not like the stiltedness of the writing and felt like I was being forced to read a Harlequin Romance. I like Edith Wharton as a writer and have enjoyed reading two of her books, but hated her as the protagonist of this novel. I did not enjoy reading about any of the relationships she had - with her husband, with Anna her assistant, with Morton her lover, with the other Anna who she so envied for her openness and self confidence. It seemed written for lovelorn high school students. The only part I remotely enjoyed reading was the section where Anna goes back to her family and nurses her brother back to health. - I had to read this for my book... more group.
review 2: I enjoy this type of novel but Wharton, as a character, was getting on my last nerve. If I were Morton, I would have seen her as way more trouble than she was worth, which is so uncharitable and unfeminist of me, but there it is. The romantic in me was more affected by Anna's storyline. Intend to read Wharton and Anna's published letters to see if I get the same feel for their relationship as this book gave me. If you like historical fiction that deals with real life literary figures, you will not be disappointed in this book. less

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