The Spell - Brossura

Bronte, Charlotte

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1843911175 ISBN 13: 9781843911173

Casa editrice: Hesperus Pr, 2005

Riassunto

An ingenious, highly imaginative early novella, The Spell—a remarkable tale of love and jealousy, rivalry and thwarted ambition—is a testimony to Charlotte Brontė's craft as a writer. When the infant Marquis of Almeida is pronounced dead, the kingdoms of Wellingtonsland and Angria are deprived of their heir. Anxious to secure the nations’ future security, King Zamorna’s advisers entreat him to name his successor—and when Zamorna himself succumbs to a mysterious, life-threatening sickness, the need becomes more urgent still. Yet Zamorna remains strangely unperturbed. Confusion turns to political intrigue as those closest to him wonder exactly what it is he knows and who, precisely, are the mysterious characters surrounding him. English novelist Charlotte Brontė is best remembered for her perennially popular novel, Jane Eyre­.

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Recensione:

'It's always the quiet ones. Charlotte Bronte, demurest of the Brontė sisters, gave The Spell a brutally attractive hero ('as tall as Milton's Satan'), the Duke of Zamorna, whose melodramatic rants and flourishes would have made Jane Eyre's Mr. Rochester blush. It's fun to watch Zamorna's nemesis fling his cape across his shoulder and vanish into the darkness, as his wife, a woman of unquestioned nobility, struggles to unravel the mystery that makes her marriage a torment. This is not Brontė at her level best, but it's a guilty pleasure to watch her flying high.' --Oprah Magazine

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English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) is best remembered for the perennially popular Jane Eyre. Novelist and short story writer Nicola Barker was nominated as one of twenty 'Best of Young British Novelists' by Granta magazine in 2003. Her latest novel is Clear, which was inspired by David Blaine's controversial stunt in 2003.

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• Editore: Hesperus Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843911175
• ISBN 13: 9781843911173
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128