Vera

Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim. Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly unromantic novel anticipates DuMaurier's Rebecca. Naive Lucy Entwhistle is swept into marriage by widower, Everard Wemyss. His mansion "The Willows" is pervaded by the spectre of his dead wife Vera, with whom Lucy becomes obsessed. ... Here the servants are partisan for both wives, and lose no opportunity to disrupt Everard's unctuous, oppressive household routines. An extraordinarily black vision of marriage, also continuously funny, the novel's power lies in the wit and economy of the usually prolix Von Arnim.

Author: Elizabeth Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/16/2016
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9781535304207
ISBN10: 1535304200
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics

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