Elizabeth Maguire (1) (1958–2006)
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Maguire, Elizabeth Ann
- Geburtstag
- 1958-12-12
- Todestag
- 2006-04-08
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
Harrison, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Harvard University (BA - English)
- Berufe
- novelist
publisher
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- Basic Books (Vice-President)
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
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Total suck. Not sure why I picked it up.
I am not the target audience!
I am not the target audience!
I learned that I don't really like books about historical authors, I just like books by them.
A slim, engaging novel about real people -- primarily Constance Fenimore Woolson, who has gone down in history as a minor writer who pursued Henry James. According to this book, she was a lot more and I'd like to believe this version, if only because she seems like a remarkable, determined and admirable woman. It was especially interesting to read this fairly soon after reading "The Five of Hearts" by Patricia O'Toole, which includes several of the same people, especially Clarence King.
It may or may not be relevant, but the novel does deal with the main character's awareness of and acceptance of mortality -- and the author reportedly completed it just before she died of ovarian cancer at a way-too-young age.… (mehr)
It may or may not be relevant, but the novel does deal with the main character's awareness of and acceptance of mortality -- and the author reportedly completed it just before she died of ovarian cancer at a way-too-young age.… (mehr)
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Still, very interesting to learn more about Woolson and all plausible enough. I liked how Henry and Alice co-conspired to make Constance a Jamesian heroine - all disappointment and unrequited love. They really were a self-centered bunch.