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Cheri

From Shelf: The Soul of Wit: Novels That Get It Done, And Briefly

A vivid, believable love story between an older woman and a younger man.Lea de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career.

A vivid, believable love story between an older woman and a younger man.Lea de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Cheri - a playboy half her age. When an advantageous marriage is arranged for Cheri, Lea reluctantly decides their relationship must end. But neither lover can foresee how deeply they are connected, or how much they will have to give up.First published in 1920, it was instantly greeted by Marcel Proust and Andre Gide as a masterpiece.'I devoured Cheri at a gulp. What a wonderful subject and with what intelligence, mastery and understanding of the least-admitted secrets of the flesh' Andre Gide

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
128
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
ISBN:
9780099422761
Published Date:
6/9/2001
Dimensions:
198mm x 130mm x 8mm
Weight:
99g
Category:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

RRP: £8.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780099422761


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