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The Twelfth Hour (Paperback)
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The Twelfth Hour (Paperback)
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Loot Price R218
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The Twelfth Hour (1907) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having
established herself as a journalist and short story writer,
Leverson published her debut novel to moderate acclaim.
Entertaining and effortlessly witty, Leverson's prose paints a
stunning portrait of the Edwardian era, a time when hope and
relative peace proved prosperous for many. Often compared to her
close friend Oscar Wilde, Leverson, a pioneering Jewish woman,
remains a unique and refreshing voice in English literature.
Felicity, Sylvia, and Savile Crofton all feel the pressure placed
on upper-class youths to marry wisely. At 25, Felicity appears to
have found herself a good husband, a man of wealth and social
standing who on closer appearance seems more interested in leisure
than love. Determined not to fall into a similarly unhappy
marriage, her 20-year-old sister Sylvia hopes to thwart her
father's wish that she marry millionaire Mr. Ridokanski. Although
he is only 16, Eton student Savile is deeply in love with a famous
opera singer-from a distance-but also feels obliged to entertain
the affections of Dolly Clive, a girl his own age. Finding company
in their own unique miseries of the heart, the Crofton siblings
hatch a plan to achieve happiness for themselves, satisfaction for
their father, and whatever it is young people are meant to owe to
society. The Twelfth Hour is a humorous tale of romance and desire
from Ada Leverson, an underappreciated novelist of the Edwardian
era. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Ada Leverson's The Twelfth Hour is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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