|
The Prince and Betty
Жанры:
Книги
/ Книги на иностранном языке
/ Книги на иностранных языках
/ Книги на английском языке
/ Художественная литература на английском языке
/ Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке
The Prince and Betty
4114
руб
Издательство: Everyman
Год выпуска: 2015 Страниц: 154 Тип обложки: 7Б - твердая (плотная бумага или картон) Оформление: Супер Иллюстрации: Без иллюстраций Масса: 248 г Размеры: 190x132x17 мм Наличие: Ограничено
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.
|
||
© 2024, Издательство «Альфа-книга»
Купить самые лучшие и популярные книги в интернет магазине "Лабиринт"
|