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Product Summary
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN-10: 0143105124
ISBN-13: 9780143105121
Buy.com Sku: 205098021
Publish Date: 1/1/2008
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 7.75H x 5.25L x 0.5T
Pages:
268
Age Range:
NA
See more in Literary
This book might also be called "The Triumph of Love." (from the first line)
| A young woman, carried away by passion, sees a chance to escape a dull life and to experience true love. But she discovers that little in her marriage to the dutiful and sensible Edward meets her expectations. And as passion dies, she finds herself trapped in a loveless, oppressive marriage. |
Annotation:
Bertha Craddock is an educated, spirited, passionate woman. Her husband Edward is good-humored and patient, but uneducated and unimaginative. While Mrs. Craddock loves her husband, she is frustrated by his placidity and undemonstrative behavior. Here Maugham explores an unequal marriage, delving into issues of love and happiness.
Bertha Craddock is an educated, spirited, passionate woman. Her husband Edward is good-humored and patient, but uneducated and unimaginative. While Mrs. Craddock loves her husband, she is frustrated by his placidity and undemonstrative behavior. Here Maugham explores an unequal marriage, delving into issues of love and happiness.
Author Bio
W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham received a medical degree from Heidelberg University, after which he practiced medicine. However, his first novel, "Liza of Lambeth" (1897), was such a success that it enabled him to give it up and write full time. He is the author of several well-known novels, plays, and short stories, and died in 1965 at the age of 92.
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