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Quartet

Jean Rhys ; with an introduction by Katie Owen

(Penguin classics)

Penguin Books, 2000

Other Title

Postures

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA5297740X
  • ISBN
    • 0141183926
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 7-143 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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