Frieda
A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley
$30.83
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2018
Summary
The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley’s Lover, a novel banned for more than 30 years.
Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733640117 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733640117 |
| Author: | Annabel Abbs |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 156mm x 28mm |
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A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al. - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour. - THE OBSERVER on THE JOYCE GIRL
Here is a powerful portrait of a young woman yearning to be an artist, whose passion for life and rage at being unable to fulfil her talent burns from the pages. - THE GUARDIAN on THE JOYCE GIRL
Funny, clever, tragic, poignant - THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY on THE JOYCE GIRL
About The Author
Annabel Abbs
Annabel Abbs lives in London with her husband and four children. Her bestselling debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the Impress Prize for New Writers and was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Waverton Good Read Award and the Caledonia Novel Award.
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