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Other People's Worlds - William Trevor

By William Trevor

Release Date: 2019-05-21

Genre: Literary Fiction

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An Englishwoman is taken in by a duplicitous suitor in this "constantly surprising work" from the Whitbread Award–winning author of Love and Summer (John Updike, The New Yorker).
Forty-seven-year-old widow Julia Ferndale can't believe her good luck—she's about to remarry. What's more, her fiancĂ©, Francis Tyte, is a charming actor and magazine model fourteen years her junior. Her daughters are thrilled. Her mother is suspicious. But unfortunately for Julia, she keeps those suspicions to herself.
 
After the wedding, Francis reveals a past that includes an abandoned wife, a mistress and child, and the many others he's used and left behind to deal with his wreckage. Finding herself suddenly added to their number, Julia is shocked out of her dream and onto a sobering journey that leads into the savage realities of the world.
"Pungent with the sense of evil and corruption." —John Updike, The New Yorker
 
"All the gifts that were obvious in Mr. Trevor's earlier books are even more apparent here. . . . A book filled with narrative surprise and shrewd social observation, and has, in addition, an edge of genuine moral interest." —The New York Times
 
"Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling." —Hilary Mantel on Felicia's Journey

Other People's Worlds - William Trevor

By William Trevor

Release Date: 2019-05-21

Genre: Literary Fiction

3.5 (7 ratings)
Read Download
An Englishwoman is taken in by a duplicitous suitor in this "constantly surprising work" from the Whitbread Award–winning author of Love and Summer (John Updike, The New Yorker).
Forty-seven-year-old widow Julia Ferndale can't believe her good luck—she's about to remarry. What's more, her fiancĂ©, Francis Tyte, is a charming actor and magazine model fourteen years her junior. Her daughters are thrilled. Her mother is suspicious. But unfortunately for Julia, she keeps those suspicions to herself.
 
After the wedding, Francis reveals a past that includes an abandoned wife, a mistress and child, and the many others he's used and left behind to deal with his wreckage. Finding herself suddenly added to their number, Julia is shocked out of her dream and onto a sobering journey that leads into the savage realities of the world.
"Pungent with the sense of evil and corruption." —John Updike, The New Yorker
 
"All the gifts that were obvious in Mr. Trevor's earlier books are even more apparent here. . . . A book filled with narrative surprise and shrewd social observation, and has, in addition, an edge of genuine moral interest." —The New York Times
 
"Trevor is a master of both language and storytelling." —Hilary Mantel on Felicia's Journey

More by William Trevor

Love and Summer

Selected Stories

Last Stories

After Rain

The Story of Lucy Gault

The Collected Stories

The Boarding-House

Other People's Worlds

The Silence in the Garden

Cheating at Canasta

Death in Summer

A Bit on the Side

The Old Boys

Elizabeth Alone

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel

Two Lives

Fools of Fortune

Felicia's Journey

The Children Of Dynmouth

Nights at the Alexandra

Verano y amor

En lisant Tourgueniev

Uomini d'Irlanda

IrlÀndska tragedier

Morte d'estate

Warblin's fro' an Owd Songster. With an introductory sketch by W. Trevor. [Illustrated.]

Ödets narrar

Una relaciĂłn perfecta

Peccati di famiglia

La storia di Lucy Gault

FÀrdvÀgar

Leggendo Turgenev

Notizie dall'Irlanda

KvÀllar pÄ Alexandra

Gli scapoli delle colline

L'amore un'estate

La ragazza sconosciuta

Giochi da ragazzi

Il viaggio di Felicia

Racconti scelti

A Jornada de FelĂ­cia

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