A Favourite of the Gods (Virago Modern Classics)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780860683872 (0860683877)
Publish date: December 28th 1984
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
The inversion of all those Jamesian novel/las about young women whose innocence serves them ill in corrupt decadent Europe: Italy is civilized and humane and clever, beautiful Anna's honor is mere antisexual hysteria. There's a lot in this woman-focused novel I should have loved (three generations ...