Lord Vanity

Bokens tittel: Lord Vanity

Forfatter: Samuel Shellabarger

Utgitt 1955

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En historisk roman med handling fra det 18.århundre.

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Engelsk omtale av boken :

This was my first book by Samuel Schellabarger, I came upon it by chance and, being a fan of historical fiction, read it. I found it to be a little old fashioned in style, but was soon swept up by the characters, all of whom were fabulous. A poor young italian musician, living around the 1760s, is hired to play at a high society party, and meets all the characters who will weave in and out of his life for the rest of the novel -- a lovely young italian girl, a blase french noblewoman, and an unscrupulous italian adventurer. The title comes from the main character's conflict between fortune and status, and love -- vanity being the quality that rules the society he lives in. The story was a little more stilted than some of the other novels I later read by Schellabarger, but as I said, the characters were so engaging and the themes so well drawn that I was very engaged and promptly read all of Shellabarger's other books. I think it is a shame this author been relatively forgotten.

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