Vera

Vera
ISBN-10
8833973158
ISBN-13
9788833973159
Series
Vera
Category
Fiction
Pages
242
Language
Italian
Published
2014-07-28T00:00:00+02:00
Publisher
Bollati Boringhieri
Author
Elizabeth von Arnim

Description

La ventiduenne Lucy Entwhistle, viso e corpo da bambina, è rimasta sola al mondo dopo che l’adorato padre se n’è andato per sempre. Affranta, confusa, mentre si stringe al cancello di casa viene turbata dalla comparsa di Everard Wemyss, un bell’uomo maturo a sua volta vestito a lutto. Sua moglie Vera è morta da poco, in circostanze misteriose. Prima che Lucy possa rendersene conto, Wemyss entra nella sua vita facendosi carico di ogni incombenza, dall’organizzazione del funerale del padre alle cure della dolce zia Dot, e ben presto di Lucy stessa, del suo corpo e della sua anima. Lei lo ripaga di un amore devoto, grata della sua protezione e del suo senso dell’umorismo. Ma nella casa intrisa di rituali in cui lui la porta a vivere, si addensa il mistero della morte di Vera. Scritto diciassette anni prima di Rebecca, la prima moglie, questo libro – che la von Arnim stessa considerava il suo romanzo migliore – anticipa le atmosfere inquietanti del thriller di Daphne du Maurier che Alfred Hitchcock riprenderà nel celebre film omonimo: Vera è un’indagine nei labirinti dell’amore, della violenza e della morte, a partire dal potere degli uomini nel matrimonio e dalla debolezza delle donne innamorate.

Other editions

  • Vera
    • 2022-12-26
    • 310 pages
    • Paperback
    • BoD – Books on Demand
  • Vera: A Novel
    • 2022-03
    • 352 pages
    • Paperback
    • Simon and Schuster
  • Vera: Child Prodigy
    • 2021-11-05
    • - pages
    • Ebook
    • Lulu Press, Inc
  • Vera
    • 2021-03-16
    • 245 pages
    • Ebook
    • Litres

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