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The Enchantment (Nick Hern Books)
Victoria Benedictsson
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Description for The Enchantment (Nick Hern Books)
Paperback. Paris in the 1880s. Louise Strandberg has fallen ill visiting her bohemian artist friends. An almost-famous French painter calls round and, somehow inevitably, she falls heavily under his spell. A year later, having run herself deep into debt on his account despite his coolness towards her, she - somehow also inevitably - kills herself. Translator(s): Bayley, Claire. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
The extraordinary and mesmeric play by the Swedish author who was reputedly a model for Miss Julie and Hedda Gabler.
One sunny day in Paris, Gustave Alland, famous artist and philanderer, visits Louise Strandberg - convalescing in her brother's studio - and casts her effortlessly under his spell. In a vain attempt to escape, she exiles herself to her provincial hometown in Sweden. But a letter propels her back to Paris and into his arms. And for a brief moment, ecstasy is hers.
Victoria Benedictsson's play The Enchantment was written shortly before her suicide in 1888. This English ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599995
SKU
V9781854599995
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About Victoria Benedictsson
Victoria Benedictsson, groundbreaking Swedish novelist and playwright, was reputedly the inspiration for Strindberg's Miss Julie and for Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. She had a scandalous affair which led to her suicide, soon after completing the play, in 1888.
Reviews for The Enchantment (Nick Hern Books)
'An extraordinary play... Clare Bayley's immaculate version is a major act of reclamation'
Guardian
'Many thanks to Clare Bayley, who has unearthed and translated this fascinating play... an astonishingly mature work... a cry for equality that still resonates today'
The Times
Guardian
'Many thanks to Clare Bayley, who has unearthed and translated this fascinating play... an astonishingly mature work... a cry for equality that still resonates today'
The Times