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Chargement... The Lady and the Unicorn (1937)par Rumer Godden
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Appartient à la série éditorialeVirago Modern Classics (630)
In a crumbling Calcutta mansion, with faded frescos and a jasmine-covered garden, the Lemarchant family live, clinging to the fringes of respectability: neither Indian nor English, they are accepted by no one and exploited by all. After only a day in India, Stephen Bright meets Rosa Lemarchant. In an ill-fitting dress once belonging to her sister, she is awkward and shy, and couldn't be more different from the stories he has heard of fast 'Eurasian' girls. Ignorant of Calcutta's strict codes of conformity, he falls in love with Rosa and becomes enchanted by the building in which she lives, determined to uncover its secrets. Mystery pervades this story of a memory-haunted house in old Calcutta, as secret as a sundial in a ruined garden. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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So I'm sorry to say that this one fell flat -- the characters don't quite gel. Its hard to figure out who in the story was most important, and there were just too many loose ends. And the wonderful use of words which particularly characterize her later works is missing.
I'm such a Godden fan that I have multiple copies of some her other works -- I can't see that happening with this one unfortunately