Author : Benjamin Markovits
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393346250
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis A Quiet Adjustment: A Novel by : Benjamin Markovits
Download or read book A Quiet Adjustment: A Novel written by Benjamin Markovits and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-rate example of a literary historical novel." —Regan Upshaw, San Francisco Chronicle In his "Byron trilogy," Benjamin Markovits lovingly reinvents the nineteenth-century novel, true to its perfect prose, penetrating insight, and simmering passions. Inspired by the actual biography of Lord Byron—the greatest literary figure and most notorious sex symbol of his age—Markovits re-imagines Byron’s marriage to the capable, intellectual, and tormented Annabella and the scandal that broke open their lives and riveted the world around them: Byron’s incestuous relationship with his impetuous half-sister, Gus. Their very different understandings of love and one’s obligations to society lead them all—and the reader—headlong to a devastating conclusion.