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Love at Second Sight (1916) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having
established herself as a journalist and short story writer,
Leverson published her debut novel in 1907 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. Love
at Second Sight is the third installment in her Little Ottleys
trilogy, a series of novels exploring the romantic lives of a
hilariously diverse group of friends. Edith and Bruce Ottley seem
to have it all-a charming flat, a healthy child, and a group of
entertaining friends. Although they are far from perfect-Bruce can
be jealous and quite the hypochondriac at times-their marriage
remains strong and their home remains a place of refuge to their
frequently lovelorn comrades. During the First World War, the
Ottleys play host to the mysterious Madame Frabelle, who exercises
a strange power over their home. When an old flame of Edith's
unexpectedly returns from the war with a serious injury, she finds
herself less and less willing to put up with Bruce's tiresome
eccentricities. Edith and Bruce do their best to make themselves
hospitable while defending their home against the hostilities of
love, but the hearts and minds of their eclectic guests prove
difficult to assuage. Love at Second Sight 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
Love at Second Sight is a classic work of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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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Love's Shadow (Hardcover)
Ada Leverson; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R393
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Love's Shadow (1908) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having established
herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published
her debut novel in 1907 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. Love's Shadow is the first
installment in her Little Ottleys trilogy, a series of novels
exploring the romantic lives of a hilariously diverse group of
friends. Edith and Bruce Ottley seem to have it all-a charming
flat, a healthy child, and a group of entertaining friends.
Although they are far from perfect-Bruce can be jealous and quite
the hypochondriac at times-their marriage remains strong and their
home remains a place of refuge to their frequently lovelorn
comrades. Among a dizzying array of faces and names, Hyacinth
Verney, Mrs. Eugenia Raymond, Cecil Reeve, and Lord Selsey stand
out. Although Hyacinth loves Cecil, a match favored by his uncle
Lord Selsey, the young man seems inexplicably smitten with the
widow Eugenia, who has no interest in marrying again. Edith and
Bruce do their best to make themselves hospitable while defending
their home against the hostilities of love, but the hearts and
minds of their eclectic guests prove difficult to assuage. Love's
Shadow 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 Love's Shadow is a classic work of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Bird of Paradise (1914) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having
established herself as a journalist and short story writer,
Leverson published her debut novel in 1907 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.
Madeline and Bertha share an uncommonly devoted friendship, verging
on sisterhood in the best and worst of times. Satisfactorily
married to the loyal-if a little boring-Percy Kellynch, Bertha
often serves as Madeline's matchmaker and confidante. In love with
Rupert Denison, an affectionate, aloof young man, Madeline wants
nothing more than to be swept off her feet. Much to her dismay,
however, Rupert takes romance slow, proving at times a difficult
man to pin down. Disappointed by a last-minute cancellation,
Madeline laments her lovelorn woes to Bertha, who comes up with a
plan. With the help of a devoted ex-lover, she invites Rupert and
Madeline to dinner and a show, unwittingly setting in motion a
story of jealousy, hilarity, and forbidden attraction. Bird of
Paradise 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 Bird of Paradise is a classic work
of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Love at Second Sight (1916) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having
established herself as a journalist and short story writer,
Leverson published her debut novel in 1907 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. Love
at Second Sight is the third installment in her Little Ottleys
trilogy, a series of novels exploring the romantic lives of a
hilariously diverse group of friends. Edith and Bruce Ottley seem
to have it all-a charming flat, a healthy child, and a group of
entertaining friends. Although they are far from perfect-Bruce can
be jealous and quite the hypochondriac at times-their marriage
remains strong and their home remains a place of refuge to their
frequently lovelorn comrades. During the First World War, the
Ottleys play host to the mysterious Madame Frabelle, who exercises
a strange power over their home. When an old flame of Edith's
unexpectedly returns from the war with a serious injury, she finds
herself less and less willing to put up with Bruce's tiresome
eccentricities. Edith and Bruce do their best to make themselves
hospitable while defending their home against the hostilities of
love, but the hearts and minds of their eclectic guests prove
difficult to assuage. Love at Second Sight 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
Love at Second Sight is a classic work of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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Love's Shadow (Paperback)
Ada Leverson; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R213
Discovery Miles 2 130
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Love's Shadow (1908) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having established
herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published
her debut novel in 1907 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. Love's Shadow is the first
installment in her Little Ottleys trilogy, a series of novels
exploring the romantic lives of a hilariously diverse group of
friends. Edith and Bruce Ottley seem to have it all-a charming
flat, a healthy child, and a group of entertaining friends.
Although they are far from perfect-Bruce can be jealous and quite
the hypochondriac at times-their marriage remains strong and their
home remains a place of refuge to their frequently lovelorn
comrades. Among a dizzying array of faces and names, Hyacinth
Verney, Mrs. Eugenia Raymond, Cecil Reeve, and Lord Selsey stand
out. Although Hyacinth loves Cecil, a match favored by his uncle
Lord Selsey, the young man seems inexplicably smitten with the
widow Eugenia, who has no interest in marrying again. Edith and
Bruce do their best to make themselves hospitable while defending
their home against the hostilities of love, but the hearts and
minds of their eclectic guests prove difficult to assuage. Love's
Shadow 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 Love's Shadow is a classic work of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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The Limit (Hardcover)
Ada Leverson; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Limit (1911) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having established
herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published
her debut novel in 1907 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. Marriage, friends, a
home-Romer and Valentia seem to have everything they could ever
want. Under the surface, however, jealousy and doubt threaten the
love they have spent years nurturing. While Valentia spends more
and more of her time with her cousin Harry de Freyne, a handsome
artist, Romer does his best to ground himself in trust and
devotion. Meanwhile, Valentia's sister Daphne resists the advances
of the wealthy aristocrat Van Buren. Miss Luscombe, one of the
couple's many eccentric friends, is an impoverished young actress
who falls for a mysterious tattooed man. As each of these
characters navigates the needs and desires of themselves and those
around them, Leverson never loses sight of their humanity, for all
its beauty and flaws. The Limit 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 Limit is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - An appalling crash, piercing
shrieks, a loud, unequal quarrel on a staircase, the sharp bang of
a door.... Edith started up from her restful corner on the blue
sofa by the fire, where she had been thinking about her guest, and
rushed to the door. 'Archie - chie Come here directly What's that
noise?' A boy of ten came calmly into the room. 'It wasn't me that
made the noise, ' he said, 'it was Madame Frabelle.' His mother
looked at him. He was a handsome, fair boy with clear grey eyes
that looked you straight in the face without telling you anything
at all, long eyelashes that softened, but gave a sly humour to his
glance, a round face, a very large forehead, and smooth
straw-coloured hair. Already at this early age he had the
expressionless reserve of the public school where he was to be
sent, with something of the suave superiority of the university for
which he was intended. Edith thought he inherited both of these
traits from her.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - 'There's only one thing I must
really implore you, Edith, ' said Bruce anxiously. 'Don't make me
late at the office ' 'Certainly not, Bruce, ' answered Edith
sedately. She was seated opposite her husband at breakfast in a
very new, very small, very white flat in Knightsbridge - exactly
like thousands of other new, small, white flats. She was young and
pretty, but not obvious. One might suppose that she was more subtle
than was shown by her usual expression, which was merely cheerful
and intelligent. 'Now I have to write that letter before I go, '
Bruce exclaimed, starting up and looking at her reproachfully. 'Why
didn't I write it last night?' Edith hadn't the slightest idea, as
she had heard nothing of the letter before, but, in the course of
three years, she had learnt that it saved time to accept trifling
injustices. So she looked guilty and a little remorseful. He
magnanimously forgave her, and began to write the letter at a neat
white writing-table.
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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The Limit (Paperback)
Ada Leverson; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R218
Discovery Miles 2 180
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Limit (1911) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having established
herself as a journalist and short story writer, Leverson published
her debut novel in 1907 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. Marriage, friends, a
home-Romer and Valentia seem to have everything they could ever
want. Under the surface, however, jealousy and doubt threaten the
love they have spent years nurturing. While Valentia spends more
and more of her time with her cousin Harry de Freyne, a handsome
artist, Romer does his best to ground himself in trust and
devotion. Meanwhile, Valentia's sister Daphne resists the advances
of the wealthy aristocrat Van Buren. Miss Luscombe, one of the
couple's many eccentric friends, is an impoverished young actress
who falls for a mysterious tattooed man. As each of these
characters navigates the needs and desires of themselves and those
around them, Leverson never loses sight of their humanity, for all
its beauty and flaws. The Limit 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 Limit is a
classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Bird of Paradise (1914) is a novel by Ada Leverson. Having
established herself as a journalist and short story writer,
Leverson published her debut novel in 1907 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.
Madeline and Bertha share an uncommonly devoted friendship, verging
on sisterhood in the best and worst of times. Satisfactorily
married to the loyal-if a little boring-Percy Kellynch, Bertha
often serves as Madeline's matchmaker and confidante. In love with
Rupert Denison, an affectionate, aloof young man, Madeline wants
nothing more than to be swept off her feet. Much to her dismay,
however, Rupert takes romance slow, proving at times a difficult
man to pin down. Disappointed by a last-minute cancellation,
Madeline laments her lovelorn woes to Bertha, who comes up with a
plan. With the help of a devoted ex-lover, she invites Rupert and
Madeline to dinner and a show, unwittingly setting in motion a
story of jealousy, hilarity, and forbidden attraction. Bird of
Paradise 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 Bird of Paradise is a classic work
of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Tenterhooks (Hardcover)
Ada Leverson; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R620
Discovery Miles 6 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Because Edith had not been feeling
very well, that seemed no reason why she should be the centre of
interest; and Bruce, with that jealousy of the privileges of the
invalid and in that curious spirit of rivalry which his wife had so
often observed, had started, with enterprise, an indisposition of
his own, as if to divert public attention. While he was at Carlsbad
he heard the news. Then he received a letter from Edith, speaking
with deference and solicitude of Bruce's rheumatism, entreating him
to do the cure thoroughly, and suggesting that they should call the
little girl Matilda, after a rich and sainted - though still living
- aunt of Edith's. It might be an advantage to the child's future
(in every sense) to have a godmother so wealthy and so religious.
It appeared from the detailed description that the new daughter
had, as a matter of course (and at two days old), long golden hair,
far below her waist, sweeping lashes and pencilled brows, a rosebud
mouth, an intellectual forehead, chiselled features and a tall,
elegant figure. She was a magnificent, regal-looking creature and
was a superb beauty of the classic type, and yet with it she was
dainty and winsome. She had great talent for music. This, it
appeared, was shown by the breadth between the eyes and the timbre
of her voice.
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The Limit (Paperback)
Ada Leverson
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R463
R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
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Ada Leverson's second novel is a delightful and witty tangle of
love and attraction at cross-purposes. Edith Ottley and Hyacinth
Verney are two young Edwardian women, old schoolfriends, with love
trouble on their hands. But it is trouble of a vastly differing
nature. Edith is married to Bruce, a youngish Foreign Office clerk.
Bruce is an extraordinary man, at least in his own estimation
Constantly upbraiding Edith peevishly about her lack of
understanding of him, prey to hypochondria of all kinds, convinced
of his own pre-eminence in all he undertakes, he is completely
unaware of his family's and indeed the world's barely patient
toleration of his foibles. Edith, for all that she finds him
impossible, somehow loves him. Hyacinth is in a tricky situation.
She is madly in love with a handsome young man-about-town, Cecil
Reeve, who is himself fascinated by a glamorous widow, Eugenia
Raymond, who enjoys his company but not in that way. When Eugenia
agrees to marry none other than Cecil's uncle, Lord Selsey, the
horrified Cecil is encouraged to fall back upon the adoration that
Hyacinth provides. But Cecil and Eugenia's continuing proximity
means that the scene is set for jealousy, misunderstanding and
potential disaster, with hilarious results. Ada Leverson wrote
three novels featuring Edith and Bruce Ottley, of which this is the
first. Her deceptively light and seemingly frivolous style masks
here a worldly and stylish investigation into the terms of true
love, and the pursuit of love's shadow. This brilliant comedy was
first published in 1908.
It is a long and golden summer in the Edwardian period. London is
abuzz with gentlemen in tall hats and ladies in flowing silk, some
with money, and others who want it badly. Love and marriage are the
great game, but the adventure is vastly varied, depending on who is
playing. Creatures of wit find it their most impressive subject;
creatures of love are either pinnacled or torn apart by its
demands. Felicity, Sylvia and Savile Crofton, aged 25, 20 and 16
respectively, are deep in the melee. Felicity is married to Lord
Chetwode, the man of her dreams, and is largely happy, but she is
already feeling deeply the falling-off of contact as he pursues
horseflesh and antiques across the country in ever-longer stays
away. Her younger sister Sylvia is very much in the market,
according to her father, who has many ideas of whom she might
marry, but particularly favours a Greek millionaire, Mr Ridokanaki.
He has no idea that her great love is his penniless secretary,
Frank Woodville. Their brother Savile, on holiday from Eton, has
not only the spirited attentions of young Dolly Clive to contend
with, but also his great passion for an opera singer, whom he loves
from afar. Somehow, all their problems must be brought to a
satisfactory conclusion. A typically confident Savile tries to
engineer a solution, but in the end it is love itself which cuts
through. Ada Leverson (nee Beddington) was born in 1862. She
married Ernest Leverson at the age of 19, against her parents'
consent, but the marriage was not a success. She became a
contributor to several literary and artistic journals including
Black and White, St Stephen's Review and, most notably, The Yellow
Book in the 1890s. It was at this time, after she published a
brilliantly successful sketch parody of his novel The Picture of
Dorian Gray, that Oscar Wilde desired to meet her, and dubbed her
The Sphinx. They became the greatest of friends, and she was
instrumental in helping him after the disaster of his trial, when
many others deserted him. Her six sparklingly witty novels were
published between 1907 and 1916. She died in 1933.
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