Love

by Elizabeth von Arnim

Book Overview

A gentle romance begins innocently enough in the stalls of a London theatre where Catherine is enjoying her ninth and Christopher his thirty-sixth visit to the same play. He is a magnificent young man... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014016202X
• ISBN13: 9780140162028
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

When Looking Back Is The Only Way To Go

Elizabeth von Arnim is one of the few authors in the early 20th century who wrote novels, like "LOVE" from Virago Modern Classics that challenged virtually every sacred cow and convention. And her prose is not only brilliant, as is the story here, but there are moments of such entertaining hilarity as well. If you did not know when this book was written, one would guess it had just been released! Also, literary genius can run in families, like this author. She was Katherine Mansfield's cousin and did try to help Mansfield with health and money woes when Katherine's own immediate family refused to do so. This was truly an extraordinary woman-artist-pioneer in literature as exemplified by this very book. Well worth the read, time and money - and her other classic "Vera" - is just as much as page-turner and a masterpiece.

Unconventional love in a conventional setting

Catherine is middle aged and Christopher a young man but she is brave enough to accept the challenge and the unexpected gift life has in store for her. Love is more important than the disapproval and the hypocrisy of society. An intelligent,well written,subtle novel,which is also extremely modern.