E. F. Benson Bücher
Edward Frederic Benson war ein englischer Romanautor und Kurzgeschichtenschreiber. Seine Werke tauchen oft mit scharfer Beobachtungsgabe in die Feinheiten sozialer Schichten und zwischenmenschlicher Dynamiken ein. Bensons Prosa zeichnet sich häufig durch ihren ausgefeilten Witz und ironische Untertöne aus und offenbart ein meisterhaftes Verständnis für die Charakterpsychologie. Seine Geschichten fesseln die Leser bis heute durch ihre Intelligenz und aufschlussreiche Erforschung der menschlichen Natur.
Gespenstergeschichten. ( Phantastische Bibliothek, 310). 257 S.
Engelhorn's allgemeine Roman Bibliothek. Dodo
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The book offers a unique perspective on the Victorian era, blending sharp insights with personal reflections from the author, who reminisces about the writers, artists, and scandals of the time. It serves as a psychological portrait of Benson himself, providing a highly readable account filled with engaging anecdotes. Readers interested in exploring the period through a different lens will find it particularly appealing.
Mrs Ames revels in her position of superiority as she reigns over the merry-go-round of dinner parties in her small town. It is all part of an attempt to recapture her youth, into which category falls her husband ten years her junior. The horror for Mrs Ames comes when she discovers she has been replaced as the object of her husband's affection. Mrs Evans becomes a rival not just for her husband but for the position of queen bee within the town, and so decides to organise a masked costume party for the whole community, in an attempt to regain her throne, and thus, her man. E. F. Benson has conjured a witty expose of middle-class society.
This book's pages contains the classic biography of Queen Victoria by E. F. Benson. Using sources such letters and other writings Benson provides an immensely interesting insight in the woman, wide, mother and Queen that is Victoria. Ben was a prolific writer of his time producing over 90 works. Queen Victoria was first published in 1935 and is here republished with an introductory biography of the author.
