| Eustace and Hilda Contributor(s): Hartley, L. P. (Author), Brookner, Anita (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322803 ISBN-13: 9780940322806 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: The three books gathered together as "Eustace and Hilda" explore a brother and sister's lifelong relationship. Hilda, the older child, is both self-sacrificing and domineering, as puritanical as she is gorgeous; Eustace is a gentle, dreamy, pleasure-loving boy: the two siblings could hardly be more different, but they are also deeply devoted. And yet as Eustace and Hilda grow up and seek to go their separate ways in a world of power and position, money and love, their relationship is marked by increasing pain. L. P. Hartley's much-loved novel, the magnum opus of one of twentieth-century England's best writers, is a complex and spellbinding work: a comedy of upper-class manners; a study in the subtlest nuances of feeling; a poignant reckoning with the ironies of character and fate. Above all, it is about two people who cannot live together or apart, about the ties that bind--and break. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001003218 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5" W x 7.9" (1.90 lbs) 876 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The three books gathered together as Eustace and Hilda explore a brother and sister's lifelong relationship. Hilda, the older child, is both self-sacrificing and domineering, as puritanical as she is gorgeous; Eustace is a gentle, dreamy, pleasure-loving boy: the two siblings could hardly be more different, but they are also deeply devoted. And yet as Eustace and Hilda grow up and seek to go their separate ways in a world of power and position, money and love, their relationship is marked by increasing pain. L. P. Hartley's much-loved novel, the magnum opus of one of twentieth-century England's best writers, is a complex and spellbinding work: a comedy of upper-class manners; a study in the subtlest nuances of feeling; a poignant reckoning with the ironies of character and fate. Above all, it is about two people who cannot live together or apart, about the ties that bind--and break. |