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The Devil in the Flesh, one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris during the last year of the First World War. The narrator, a boy of 16, tells of his love affair with Martha Lacombe, a young woman whose soldier husband is away at the front. With an accuracy of insight that is almost ruthless, he describes his conflicting emotions?the pride of an adolescent on the verge of manhood and the pain of a child thrust too fast into maturity.

The liaison soon becomes a scandal, and their friends, horrified and incredulous, refuse to accept what is happening?even when the affair reaches its tragic climax.

The Devil in the Flesh

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      Publisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
      Published 1 January 2005
      ISBN-13 9780714534022
      978-0714534022
      ISBN-10 714534021

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Devil in the Flesh, one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris during the last year of the First World War. The narrator, a boy of 16, tells of his love affair with Martha Lacombe, a young woman whose soldier husband is away at the front. With an accuracy of insight that is almost ruthless, he describes his conflicting emotions?the pride of an adolescent on the verge of manhood and the pain of a child thrust too fast into maturity.

      The liaison soon becomes a scandal, and their friends, horrified and incredulous, refuse to accept what is happening?even when the affair reaches its tragic climax.

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