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A certain age : a novel / Beatriz Williams.
"A beguiling reinterpretation of Richard Strauss's comic opera Der Rosenkavalier set against the sweeping decadence of Gatsby's New York"--Book jacket.
As the freedom of the Jazz Age transforms New York City, the iridescent Mrs. Theresa Marshall fallen in love with her young paramour, Captain Octavian Rofrano, a handsome aviator and hero of the Great War. A love triangle between Theresa, Octavian, and Miss Sophie Fortescue transforms into a saga of divided loyalties, dangerous revelations, and surprising twists that will lead to a shocking transgression - and eventually force Theresa to make a bittersweet choice.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062404954
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
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| Subject: | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. Socialites > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Love stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at McBride & District Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McBride | pbk Gen-Fic Wil (Text) | 35191000272431 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2016 April #2
Told from the alternating perspectives of old-moneyed socialite Theresa Marshall and nouveau-riche heiress Sophie Fortescue, the story of their mutual love for the charmingly gallant Octavian Rofrano, a WWI flying ace, is one of unbridled scheming versus selfless innocence. Though desiring Octavian as nothing more than a devoted lover, Theresa feels threatened when he develops genuine affection for Sophie, who has recently and reluctantly become engaged to Theresa's brother. Charged with uncovering any skeletons in the Fortescue closet, Octavian stumbles upon a murder mystery that profoundly deepens his connection to the winsome yet willful young woman who is rebelling against her controlling father's restrictive plans for her life. Inspired by Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier and updated to attain a 1920's Jazz Age sensibility, Williams' (Along the Infinite Sea, 2015) sophisticated take on a steamy May-December love triangle teems with all the immediacy and intrigue of those heady days when headstrong women were bucking the system to find their own voices and chart their own courses. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2016 January #1
Tap dancing in on the heels of Williams's latest, LibraryReads pick Along the Infinite Sea, this Jazz Age story opens with glamorous Mrs. Theresa Marshall actually (shockingly) falling in love with her young lover, World War I aviator hero Octavian Rofrano. What follows is an update of Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier.
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