Ebook {Epub PDF} The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West

 · History records that Vita Sackville-West wrote 'The Edwardians' on holiday, targeting popular success. Her book was a huge hit, it was adapted for the stage, it was translated into several languages, but neither its author or its publisher saw it as having any claim to literary greatness. They were probably right, but it is a . The Edwardians (Paperback) Published September 20th by Virago. Virago Modern Classics, Paperback, pages. Author (s): Vita Sackville-West, Juliet Nicolson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language. Vita Sackville-West ( – ) the British novelist, poet, and garden writer, was best known for All Passion Spent and The www.doorway.ru passion was concerned, she was involved in a number of intense affairs with both men and women (including, famously, Virginia Woolf). All the while, she was in a loving open marriage with diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons.

Vita was also romantically linked to Violet Trefusis. The novelist Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Vita's and Virginia used Vita as the inspiration for the eponymous protagonist of Woolf's novel 'Orlando'. Vita's own novels include 'The Edwardians' () and 'All Passion Spent' (). The Edwardians (VMC) by Sackville-West, Vita at www.doorway.ru - ISBN - ISBN - Virago - - Softcover. "The Edwardians" is author Vita Sackville-West's perhaps only thinly fictionalized account of the life of the British Upper Class at the beginning of the 20th Century and the end of the reign of King Edward VII. Raised in this class, Sackville-West's imitation of its tones and textures seems uncannily pitch-perfect in this short but deliciously.

The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West, published in , is a novel that critiques the aristocracy of the early 20th century. The work was very much a reflection of the world that Vita grew up in. The work was very much a reflection of the world that Vita grew up in. An instant bestseller when it was published in , this glittering satire of Edwardian high society features a privileged brother and sister torn between tradition and a chance at an independent life. Sebastian is young, handsome, moody, and the heir to Chevron, a vast and opulent ducal estate. He feels a deep love for the countryside and for his patrimony, but he loathes the frivolous social world his mother and her shallow friends represent. "The Edwardians" is author Vita Sackville-West's perhaps only thinly fictionalized account of the life of the British Upper Class at the beginning of the 20th Century and the end of the reign of King Edward VII.