Waves
Author(s): Eduard von Keyserling; Gary Miller
First published on the eve of the First World War, Keyserling's masterpiece offers a vivid portrait of a society on the verge of dissolution. A group of German aristocrats gathers at a seaside village on the Baltic Sea for a summer holiday in the early years of the twentieth century. The characters represent a cross-section of the upper classes of imperial Germany: a philandering baron, his jealous wife, a gallant cavalry officer, the elderly widow of a general, a cynical government official, a lady's companion. Their lives, even on holiday, are regulated by rigid protocol and archaic codes of honour.But their quiet, disciplined world is thrown into disarray by the unexpected presence of Doralice, a young countess who has rebelled against social constraints by escaping from an arranged marriage and running away with a bourgeois artist.
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- : Dedalus Books Limited
- : Dedalus Books Limited
- : 0.212735
- : 01 January 2019
- : .75 Inches X 5.25 Inches X 7.75 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Eduard von Keyserling; Gary Miller
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 208