Pamela Dorman Books
September 2010
On Sale: September 6, 2010
Featuring: William; Emily
368 pages ISBN: 0670021806 EAN: 9780670021802 Hardcover Add to Wish List
"Inspired by an episode in Henry James's life-the story of
an independent young woman's flight from convention. "
After the start of the Civil War, Emily Hudson-an orphan who
lost her family to consumption and fever-finds herself the
begrudged guest at the home of her relatives in Newport.
Emily's longing to be an artist is dismissed by her
puritanical uncle, who wants nothing more than to rid
himself of her through marriage. Her only friend is her
aesthete cousin, William, an ailing young writer.
When a promising engagement to the eligible Captain Lindsay
is broken, William rescues Emily from an uncertain future by
taking her to England. Lonely and desperate to escape her
cousin-once her confidante, now her obsessively controlling
patron-Emily sets out alone to meet her destiny in the
eternal city of Rome.
Reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton, "Emily Hudson"
is an exquisitely told tale about a heroine struggling to be
true to herself, and also find love in a society where only
marriage or an independent income guaranteed a woman the
freedom to do as she pleased.
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy