Lucy Gayheart
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 May 1996
Summary
It is 1901, and Lucy Gayheart with her ‘singular brightness of young beauty’, is studying music in the magical smoky city of Chicago. She is courted by handsome Harry Gordon, the most eligible bachelor in Haverford, the Midwestern town she comes from. But Lucy falls in love with middle-aged Sebastien, a famous singer, whose talents and tenderness change her life forever.
First published in 1935, this novel of ‘achieved simplicity’ displays the depth of Willa C…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860685128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0860685128 |
| Author: | Willa Cather, A.S. Byatt |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 1996 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic
The unity of Miss Cather’s design, the clarity and distinction of this book, should put it beside her first great success, My Antonia * Times Literary Supplement *
This new novel of Miss Cather’s bids fair to rank with her best selling titles … It is a vividly etched characterization, the story of a girl born to live up to the promise of her name * Kirkus Reviews *
Willa Cather makes a world which is burningly alive, sometimes lovely, often tragic – Helen Dunmore
She is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers * Observer *
About The Author
Willa Cather
Willa Cather (1875-1947) was born in Virginia, which she captures in this memorable novel. The pioneer life of the Old West deeply coloured her later life and work. She died in New York.
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