Rebecca West: 41 books

In this intellectually challenging collection of literary criticism, Rebecca West undertakes the question of art’s value, examining the works of her contemporaries and their places in history   “The Strange Necessity,” one of the twelve essays collected here and first published in 1928,...

A beautiful actress of the 1920s faces painful decisions about her lovers and her future in Rebecca West’s posthumously published semi-autobiographical novel   Star of the stage, Sunflower has everything but the attention she craves from her long-time—and married—lover, Lord Essington,...

In this modern fairy tale, Rebecca West transports her reader with a tale of the polar opposites of mind and spirit, love and power   Harriet Hume’s unchanging beauty and commitment to her art stand in stark contrast to Arnold Condorex’s more worldly goals. After a romantic tryst, she...

In the final installment of Rebecca West’s Saga of the Century trilogy, family, marriage, and love alter the sisterly bonds that have seen them through poverty, war, and scandal   In the years after the war, Mary and Rose Aubrey have found success as accomplished pianists. In spite of their...

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de:...

Three eloquent and powerful semi-autobiographical novels about the multi-talented Aubrey family striving to find their place in the world In The Fountain Overflows,Papa Aubrey’s wife and twin daughters, Mary and Rose, are piano prodigies, his young son, Richard Quin, is a lively boy, and...

After fighting in the trenches during the First World War, Captain Chris Baldry returns home a different man. Shell-shocked and finding it difficult to cope, Captain Baldry’s mental trauma takes a toll on both himself and the family who anxiously awaited his safe return. The Return of the...

È trascorso qualche anno da quando abbiamo salutato la famiglia Aubrey. Le bambine non sono più tali: i corsetti e gli abiti si sono fatti più attillati, le acconciature più sofisticate; l’ozio delle giornate estive è solo un ricordo. Oggi le Aubrey sono giovani donne, e ognuna ha preso la...

Mentre lo scintillio degli anni Venti cede il posto alla Grande Depressione, Mary e Rose sono ormai due pianiste famose. Girano l’America soggiornando negli alberghi più esclusivi e vengono accolte come star alle feste d’élite, dove lo champagne scorre a fiumi e gli invitati sono ricchi, affascinanti...

An anthology of some of the greatest war novels of all time. The collection include an active table of contents to help you easily find the book you want.Works include:"The Red Badge of Courage" By Stephen Crane"The Iliad" By Homer"Three Soldiers" By John Dos Passos"Ride Proud, Rebel!" By Andre Alice...

A talented, eccentric London family tries to find their place in the world in this semiautobiographical novel by a New York Times–bestselling author. Papa Aubrey’s wife and twin daughters, Mary and Rose, are piano prodigies, his young son Richard Quin is a lively boy, and his eldest daughter...

A “compelling . . . oddly intriguing” psychological thriller set in fin-de-siècle Paris from the New York Times–bestselling author of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (The New York Times). During early revolutionary stirrings in Russia, after an unexpected turn of events, Laura Rowan, the...

Writing her first novel during World War I, West examines the relationship between three women and a soldier suffering from shell-shock. This novel of an enclosed world invaded by public events also embodies in its characters the shifts in England's class structures at the beginning of the twentieth...

A thoughtful romantic novel of love found, lost, rekindled, and redefined   Isabelle, a wealthy American widow, arrives in France to restart her life and discovers she has her choice of eligible suitors. Torn between a placid liaison with a southerner and a tortuous affair with a Frenchman,...