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Author:
| Lodge, David |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-101822-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Framed by a dramatic and moving account of Henry James's last illness,
Author, Authorbegins in the early 1880s, describing James's friendship with the genial Punch artist, George Du Maurier, and his intimate but problematic relationship with fellow American novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson. At the end of the decade Henry, worried by the failure of his books to sell, resolves to achieve fame and fortune as a playwright while Du Maurier diversifies into writing novels. The...
More DescriptionFramed by a dramatic and moving account of Henry James's last illness, Author, Authorbegins in the early 1880s, describing James's friendship with the genial Punch artist, George Du Maurier, and his intimate but problematic relationship with fellow American novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson. At the end of the decade Henry, worried by the failure of his books to sell, resolves to achieve fame and fortune as a playwright while Du Maurier diversifies into writing novels. The consequences that ensue mingle comedy, irony, pathos, and suspense. As Du Maurier's novel Trilbybecomes the bestseller of the century, Henry anxiously awaits the opening night of his make-or-break play, Guy Domville. This event, on January 5, 1895, and its complex sequel form the climax to Lodge's absorbing novel. Thronged with vividly drawn characters, some of them with famous names, Author, Authorpresents a fascinating panorama of literary and theatrical life in late Victorian England.