The Prince and Betty / Книга на Английском; Everyman, 2015
628 грн.
- Издатель: Everyman
- ISBN: 9781841591971
EAN: 9781841591971
- Книги: Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке
- ID: 12043458
Описание
A classic musical comedy plot turned into a novel, The Prince and Betty is the story of a man who gives up everything for his girl. Fortunately, she chances to be the stepdaughter of a millionaire.
John Maude and Betty Silver are in love, but when John turns out to be heir to the principality of Mervo, a small Mediterranean island not a thousand miles from Monte Carlo, he finds himself ensnared in the establishment of a new casino, much to his beloved's high-minded disgust. She leaves him and takes a job with an American family in London; he abandons his post to follow her.
Eventually their misunderstandings are disentangled, and in the process of telling their story, published early in his career, Wodehouse constructs the critique of Europe versus America, privilege versus enterprise, decadence versus adventure, which was to underpin many of his later tales.
Характеристики (15)
Параметр | Значение |
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Автор(ы) | Wodehouse Pelham Grenville |
Издатель | Everyman |
Год издания | 2015 |
Серия | Everyman`s Library P. G. Wodehouse |
ISBN | 9781841591971 |
Обложка | твердый переплёт, суперобложка |
Кол-во страниц | 154 |
Возрастное ограничение | 16+ |
Вес | 0.25 |
Издательство | Everyman |
Количество книг | 1 |
Оформление обложки | суперобложка |
Тип обложки | твердая |
Количество страниц | 154 |
Жанр | проза на иностранном языке |
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