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The Reinvention of Love
Helen Humphreys
出版
Profile Books
, 2011-07-07
主題
Fiction / General
ISBN
9781847657602
1847657605
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Wsjvk2xKIAoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
When Charles Sainte-Beuve, a French journalist, met Victor Hugo, an ambitious young writer, he was swept into a world of grand emotions, a world where words can become swords. But Charles' attraction moves on from Victor, to his wife Adèle. Soon the two lovers are on the edge of a great
scandale
and a wounded Victor must exact his price for betrayal.Set during the tumultuous reign of Napoleon III, this mesmerising novel draws a rich portrait of old Paris, where duels were fought and cholera-ridden bodies float in the Seine. An atmospheric story of delicacy and emotion,
The Reinvention of Love
brings together the voices of two women destroyed by Victor Hugo's ferocious ambition, and the unique, acerbic and heart-breaking voice of Charles Sainte-Beuve, first Hugo's friend and then his unlikely competitor in love.