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Fay Weldon's new novel takes us inside the lives of an aristocratic household in the last three months of the nineteenth century. It's a time of riot and confusion, social upheaval, war abroad and shortage of money. Tea gowns are still laced with diamonds; there are still nine courses at dinner, but bankruptcy looms for the Dilbernes. Whilst the Earl, gambler and man about town, must seek a new post in government; his wife Lady Isobel's solution is to marry off their son Arthur to a wealthy heiress, and without delay. But how? It's the end of the season, and choices are few. There's Minnie O'Brien from Chigaco - rich enough, but daughter of a stockyard baron, and with a vulgar mother and dubious past. Hardly suitable ...! Fay Weldon tells this tale of restraint and desire, manners and morals with wit and sympathy - if no small measure of mischief - as young Minnie and Arthur, thrown together by their parents, strive to determine their own destiny.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Pełny tytuł: Habits of the House
• Autor: Fay Weldon
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 320
• EAN: 9781908800046
• ISBN: 1908800046
• ID: 04481211
• Wydawca: Head of Zeus
• Waga: 444 g
• Wymiary: 214 × 130 × 28 mm
• Data wydania: 19. July 2012

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