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Auteur(s) : Weldon, Fay (1931-2023)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Habits of the house [Texte imprimé] / Fay Weldon

Publication : London : Head of Zeus, 2012

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (314 p.) ; 22 cm

Collection : Love and inheritance ; [1]

Lien à la collection : Love and inheritance  Voir toutes les notices liées

Note(s) : "From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of Downton Abbey As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert's wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady's maid who orders the life of her mistress. Lord Robert can see no financial relief to an already mortgaged estate, and, though the Season is over, his thoughts turn to securing a suitable wife (and dowry) for his son. The arrival on the London scene of Minnie, a beautiful Chicago heiress with a reputation to mend, seems the answer to all their prayers. As the writer of the pilot episode of the original Upstairs, Downstairs--Fay Weldon brings a deserved reputation for magnificent storytelling. With wit and sympathy--and no small measure of mischief--Habits of the House plots the interplay of restraint and desire, manners and morals, reason and instinct."

Indice(s) Dewey :  823.914 (23e éd.) = Roman de langue anglaise - 1945-1999 [oeuvre]  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781908800046. - ISBN 1908800046 (rel.). - ISBN 9781908800053 (pbk). - ISBN 1908800054 (pbk)

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Notice n° :  FRBNF43635624 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)