The Adventures Of Elizabeth In Rugen
A Virago Modern Classic
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:2nd Feb '06
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* 'A triumph of comic invention' PENELOPE MORTIMER * An astringent, self-deprecating human comedy
* 'A triumph of comic invention' PENELOPE MORTIMER
* An astringent, self-deprecating human comedy
In 1901 the 'real' Elizabeth holidayed on the Baltic island of Rügen with just her maid, a coachman, a carriage piled with luggage, and a woman friend. From such unpromising beginnings Elizabeth weaves a captivating farrago around her encounters. There's the snobbish bishop's wife and her personable, handsome son, a dressmaker and, astonishingly, a long-lost cousin -- Charlotte -- who is trying to evade the pursuit of her husband, the maddeningly genial old professor.
Here, with delightfully astringent humour, Elizabeth recounts the misadventures that befall her. And, as she immortalised her Pomeranian wilderness in the famous ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN, she now writes enticingly of this remote and attractive island.
A mistress of irony * Lisa St Aubin de Teran *
Delicious confection * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
ISBN: 9781844082766
Dimensions: 202mm x 124mm x 22mm
Weight: 360g
320 pages