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Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss.

This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.



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Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony * Lisa St. Aubin de Teran *
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Vera: A Virago Modern Classic

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/02/2006
      ISBN13: 9781844082810, 978-1844082810
      ISBN10: 1844082814
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss.

      This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.



      Trade Review
      Elizabeth von Arnim is a mistress of irony * Lisa St. Aubin de Teran *
      She has a wild sense of comedy and a vision continually thwarted though it was of potential happiness * Penelope Mortimer *

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