Quartet
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Quartet
（Penguin classics）
Penguin Books, 2000
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Postures
Available at 6 libraries
Note
First published in London in 1928 under title: Postures
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jean Rhys's first novel, a heartbreaking and disturbingly intimate portrayal of an isolated woman in Paris
Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, Quartet is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions.
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