An exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Janet hobhouse is a beautiful writer theres an immodest loveliness to her prose thats reminiscent of elizabeth bowen or rebecca west but elevating this book to novel status was a gesture of misplaced ambition. One cannot read a sentence of this book a mesmerizing, hauntingly autobiographical work without. See all books authored by janet hobhouse, including everybody who was anybody. A biography of gertrude stein, and the furies, and more on. Lovecraft books, vogue 1st edition magazines, 1st edition auction catalogs, terry goodkind 1st edition books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In a novel of sweeping grandeur and lush, brilliant prose, janet hobhouse delves deep into the heart of a quarrelsome, selfdramatizing, and passionate family of women, three generations of mothers and daughters daughters who leave mothers and mothers who leave daughters. Hobhouse, janet 1993, 2004, the furies, nyrb classics isbn 1590170857 ive been reading two books on mothers and daughters this.
An exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies. Really this is just a list for me, but if anybody wants to get into dark academia, read these books. From the age of two she was brought up in new york in a series of rented rooms by her mother, fran liedloff, after fran left janets father, henry hobhouse, in england. Scarletts list of books by women to read page 60 show list info a ridiculously long list of books written by women from all over the world. Janet hobhouse the furies 1st edition 1st printing. Janet hobhouse was a wonderful novelist who died far too young, of ovarian cancer at the age of 43.
Sep 30, 2004 discover book depositorys huge selection of janet hobhouse books online. Mc 1111inventory to the janet hobhouse papers fernanda. Afterward, matt tries to get me to watch something, but i have already grabbed my book. The furies by janet hobhouse penguin books australia. Janet hobhouses final testament is beautifully written. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The fates, in this posthumous novel by hobhouse november, 1986. A publishers note at the front of the furies informs the. Any resemblance to humans living or dead was, far from accidental, deliberate and contrived, her exhusband wrote of the book in a reminiscence of his life with hobhouse.
An exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and. The four generations of women described in janet hobhouses autobiographical novel rival the furies of greek myth in their capacity to love and hate with vengeance. Caryl phillips was born in st kitts and now lives in london and new york. Discover book depositorys huge selection of janet hobhouse books online. The furies by janet hobhouse an exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. Eberstadt, fernanda the furies 1st edition 1st printing ebay. A deft and subtle novel, rife with compassion and irony, about a womans struggle to come to terms with herself in the world, without her husband and wrapped in. The furies is hobhouses best novel, and also her most autobiographical. As it begins, theres the impression that its a novel of womena sagaa family of women. Janet hobhouses final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly alive. Bett, the character in the furies based on janets mother, commits the unforgivable sin of changing the babys diapers in the diningroom of her husbands country house. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. It is a family of no fathers to speak of and no brothers, and for two generations there is born a pair of.
Crossing the river was shortlisted for the 1993 booker prize. Narrator helen is the last of a long line of women in a new york family whove left home because they hated their mothers, with varying success trying to make. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Janet hobhouse, who died in 1991 at age 41, managed to cram a whole lot of living into her foreshortened existence. Janet hobhouse 1948 february 1, 1991 was an american novelist, biographer and editor. She was a contributing editor to art news and also published a monograph on artists representation of the female nude in 20th century.
Eberstadt, fernanda isaac and his devils 1st edition 1st printing. She was a contributing editor to art news and also published a monograph on artists representation of the female nude in 20th. The author of four novels, including the posthumously published. Janet hobhouses final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly. Janet hobhouse s final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly alive. Is it ok for kids to read books outside their reading levels. Her first published work was a biography of gertrude stein, everybody who was anybody. Playing whos who was an extended form of literary gossip, and there was a certain oneupmanship in being the first to identify a character. He has written for television, radio, theatre and cinema and is the author of three works of nonfiction and seven novels. The work is a thinly fictionalized family memoir of an improvident but glamorous matrilineage living largely on their wits on the edges of manhattan life throughout the course of the twentieth century.
Theres a tremendous urgency to her storytelling and her prose. Very moving and doublefudge rich, its a slow burn about love for mother, new york and england, beauty, madness, money, and homesthe sort of. Too true to be good 7 nov 1992 the spectator archive. Email to friends share on facebook opens in a new window or tab share on twitter. For the latter category, i nominate the furies, janet hobhouses extraordinary novelcummemoir. In the collection are also a number of photographs, a scrapbook, a taped interview, and personal miscellany. Janet hobhouse the furies 1st edition 1st printing ebay. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. A semifictional memoir fiction allowing the extra push into. Its considered a novel, but the furies is barelyveiled autobiography, published after the authors death. A selection of the lost books club an exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. The author of four novels, including the posthumously published the furies.
Janet hobhouse an exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of. The furies was the last noveljanet hobhouse wrote before her death, in 1991, yet its rich and expressive literary style shows hobhouse in her fiercest and finest form. Janet hobhouses final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and. The furies by hobhouse, janet, 1948publication date 1993 topics women novelists, conflict of generations, mothers and daughters, suicide victims publisher. Elegant writing, but, sadly, hobhouse, better at telling than showing, has written a novel of just ideasand not much else. The furies janet hobhouse 1st edition first printing novel. Janet hobhouse who died of cancer in 1991 at the age of 42 writes like a brilliant figure skater, carving long, looping, intricate. Oct 01, 1992 an exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, the furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. In the collection are also a number of photographs, a scrapbook, a taped. When janet hobhouse died of ovarian cancer in 1991 at the age of 42, she was still putting the finishing touches on the fu ries. Narrator helen is the last of a long line of women in a new york family whove left home because they hated their mothers, with varying success trying to make their own.
Cressida connolly the furies by janet hobhouse bloomsbury. At the heart of the story is a motherdaughter conflict that is at moments an innocent love affair between romantic coconspirators and at others a bitter and deforming contest of wills. Her greatest work is her final novel, the furies, which is a magnificent story quite autobiographical of three generations of women in a family set in new york and london. Jan 27, 2011 the furiesa thinly disguised memoirby janet hobhouse is one of the most complex, most powerfully written, and most affective stories ive ever read. The furiesa thinly disguised memoirby janet hobhouse is one of the most complex, most powerfully written, and most affective stories ive ever read. The impression one gathers upon reading the furies, her posthumous memoir.
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