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The Lodger de Louisa Treger

The Lodger

Autor Louisa Treger
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 feb 2020
Dorothy Richardson is existing just above the poverty line, doing secretarial work at a dentist's office and living in a seedy boarding house in Bloomsbury, when she is invited to spend the weekend with a childhood friend, Jane. Jane has recently married a writer who is on the brink of fame. His name is H.G. Wells, or Bertie, as they call him. Bertie appears unremarkable at first. But then Dorothy notices his grey-blue eyes taking her in, openly signalling approval. He tells her he and Jane have an agreement which allows them the freedom to take lovers, although Dorothy can tell her friend would not be happy with that arrangement. Not wanting to betray Jane, yet unable to draw back Dorothy free-falls into an affair with Bertie. Then a new boarder arrives at the house- beautiful Veronica Leslie-Jones-and Dorothy finds herself caught between Veronica and Bertie. Amidst the personal dramas and wreckage of a militant suffragette march, Dorothy finds her voice as a writer.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781448217717
ISBN-10: 1448217717
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Reader
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Louisa Treger, a classical violinist, studied at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and worked as a freelance orchestral player and teacher. She subsequently turned to literature, earning a Ph.D. in English at University College London, where she focused on early-twentieth-century women's writing and was awarded the West Scholarship and the Rosa Morison Scholarship "for distinguished work in the study of English Language and Literature". Louisa's first novel, The Lodger, was published by Macmillan in 2014. She lives in London.

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Louisa Treger's earnest, carefully researched first novel spotlights a neglected pioneer of 20th-century literature: Dorothy Richardson
The Lodger is an evocative, beautifully written first novel. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, Louisa Treger conjures up her characters and the turbulence of an era when women were fighting for emancipation with conviction. Dorothy Richardson's journey to finding her own literary feet through her illicit relationship with the novelist H.G. Wells is moving and revealing. A very accomplished debut novel.
A gripping debut about creativity, forbidden passions and what happens when you break the rules. Dorothy Richardson is a heroine for our time
Treger's writing flows easily and the book is impeccably researched, making this an enjoyable read.
Treger certainly whets the appetite to know more of the real-life "Lodger" - and to add Pilgrimage to the reader's wish-list.
Louisa has managed to make not one, but two author gods, completely human, and thus more relatable. It really is an exceptional novel.