Maurice Guest

Name: Maurice Guest
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781922079473
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By Peter Handel Richardson

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Maurice Guest by Peter Handel Richardson delves into the passionate and often tumultuous life of a young music student in Leipzig. The protagonist, an Englishman, becomes enmeshed in an intense, consuming love affair with a fellow artist. The novel explores themes of obsession, ambition, and the complex dynamics of relationships against an evocative European backdrop.
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This novel may appeal to you if you enjoy intricate explorations of love and obsession set against a rich cultural backdrop. The narrative unfolds in the picturesque city of Leipzig, weaving a tale of passion, artistic ambition, and the complexities of personal relationships, which can resonate with readers interested in emotional depth and character-driven stories.

Henry Handel Richardson's debut, published in London in 1908, is set in the music scene of turn-of-the-century Leipzig, a cosmopolitan centre for the arts drawing students from around the world-among them Maurice Guest, a young Englishman, who falls helplessly in love with an Australian woman, Louise Dufrayer.

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Maurice Guest, Henry Handel Richardson's debut novel published in London in 1908, is set amidst the vibrant music scene of turn-of-the-century Leipzig, a cosmopolitan centre for the arts attracting students from across the globe. Among them is Maurice Guest, a young Englishman who becomes hopelessly enamoured with an Australian woman, Louise Dufrayer. This story chronicles the intensity of his overwhelming passion.

Initially, the novel was considered too controversial for publication as Richardson intended. She was compelled to condense the manuscript by twenty thousand words and soften its language. Despite these changes, it remains a significant work that captures the reader's imagination. As Carmen Callil notes in her introduction, "It remains a great novel, one that, once it grasps your imagination, is impossible to put down for more than a moment, leading every reader into a dreamtime remembrance of the terrible pain the human heart is heir to."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922079473

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 September 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: Text Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 445g

Pages: 638

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Peter Handel Richardson

About the Author

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson published her first novel, Maurice Guest, in 1908. She took the pen name of Henry Handel Richardson and used it for all of her books. She is also the author of The Getting of Wisdom, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, and The Young Cosima. Henry Handel Richardson died in Sussex in 1946.