ATS - Bainbridge Beryl - According to Queeney

19-01-2012, 19:00
Aukcja w czasie sprawdzania była zakończona.

Cena kup teraz: 8 zł

Użytkownik Zigack

numer aukcji: 2004414394

Miejscowość Warszawa

Koniec: 16-01-2012 20:33:40

Dodatkowe informacje:
Stan: Używany
Okładka: miękka
Rok wydania (xxxx): 2002

According to Queeney
Beryl Bainbridge

Abacus London 2002

stan bardzo dobry

str. 244

format 13 x 21 cm

waga 235 g

Beryl Bainbridge's novel is a masterly evocation of the last years of Dr Johnson, arguably Britain's greatest Man of Letters. The time is the 1770s and 1780s and Johnson, having completed his life's major work (he compiled the first ever Dictionary of the English Language) is running an increasingly chaotic life. Torn between his strict morality and his undeclared passion for Mrs Thrale, the wife of an old friend, ACCORDING TO QUEENEY reveals one of Britain's most wonderful characters in all his wit and glory. Above all, though, this is a story of love and friendship and brilliantly narrated by Queeney, Mrs Thrale's daughter, looking back over her life.

A few of Johnson quotes:
"Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures",
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money",
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life".