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Description for Mary Lavelle
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Mary Lavelle, a young and beautiful Irish woman, travels to Spain to work as a governess and see a little of life before returning to Mellick to marry her fiance, John. Despite the impressive surroundings and her three charming charges, she finds life as a governess to the Areavaga family lonely. But with the arrival of the family's brilliant but married son, Juanito, Mary finds her loyalties and beliefs challenged by his fiery politics and passion. With characteristic elegance and subtlety, Kate O'Brien, one of Ireland's most beloved writers, illuminates the anguish and ecstasies of a young ... Read more
Mary Lavelle, a young and beautiful Irish woman, travels to Spain to work as a governess and see a little of life before returning to Mellick to marry her fiance, John. Despite the impressive surroundings and her three charming charges, she finds life as a governess to the Areavaga family lonely. But with the arrival of the family's brilliant but married son, Juanito, Mary finds her loyalties and beliefs challenged by his fiery politics and passion. With characteristic elegance and subtlety, Kate O'Brien, one of Ireland's most beloved writers, illuminates the anguish and ecstasies of a young ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860684282
SKU
KAC0002052
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kate O´brien
Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.
Reviews for Mary Lavelle
A superior type of romantic novel...quasi-intelligent and discursive, colourful and unorthodox
TLS
She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love
Val Hennessy
TLS
She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love
Val Hennessy