Loving

Fiction & Literature, Military, Family Life, Literary
Cover of the book Loving by Henry Green, New York Review Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Henry Green ISBN: 9781681370156
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: October 18, 2016
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: Henry Green
ISBN: 9781681370156
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: October 18, 2016
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

Loving is set in the vast hereditary house of the Tennants, an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family, but the story mainly involves their servants. The war has led to a scarcity of experienced staff, and when Eldon the butler dies, Raunce the head footman is assigned his job. The other servants are taken aback by this irregular promotion, but lovely young Edith, a recent hire, is quite attracted to the
older Raunce and a flirtation begins. And it is Edith who discovers Mrs. Tennant’s daughter-in-law, whose husband is fighting at the front, in bed with a neighbor one morning, scandalizing the whole household.

When the Tennants depart for England, Raunce is left in charge of the house and struggles to control its disputatious inhabitants as well as to secure the love of Edith, especially after a precious family jewel disappears. In Loving, Henry Green explores the deeply precarious nature of ordinary life against the background of the larger world at war.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Loving is set in the vast hereditary house of the Tennants, an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family, but the story mainly involves their servants. The war has led to a scarcity of experienced staff, and when Eldon the butler dies, Raunce the head footman is assigned his job. The other servants are taken aback by this irregular promotion, but lovely young Edith, a recent hire, is quite attracted to the
older Raunce and a flirtation begins. And it is Edith who discovers Mrs. Tennant’s daughter-in-law, whose husband is fighting at the front, in bed with a neighbor one morning, scandalizing the whole household.

When the Tennants depart for England, Raunce is left in charge of the house and struggles to control its disputatious inhabitants as well as to secure the love of Edith, especially after a precious family jewel disappears. In Loving, Henry Green explores the deeply precarious nature of ordinary life against the background of the larger world at war.

More books from New York Review Books

Cover of the book Beirut, I Love You by Henry Green
Cover of the book The House of Four Seasons by Henry Green
Cover of the book My Friends by Henry Green
Cover of the book A Certain Plume by Henry Green
Cover of the book The Middle of the Journey by Henry Green
Cover of the book The Post-Office Girl by Henry Green
Cover of the book The Gate by Henry Green
Cover of the book After the Tall Timber by Henry Green
Cover of the book Samskara by Henry Green
Cover of the book Girl, 20 by Henry Green
Cover of the book The Shipwrecked Mind by Henry Green
Cover of the book The Long Ships by Henry Green
Cover of the book The End of the Hunt by Henry Green
Cover of the book Nothing but the Night by Henry Green
Cover of the book Wish Her Safe At Home by Henry Green
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy