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Print. Simonetta Perkins is a 1925 novella by the British writer L. P. Hartley. [1] A young Bostonian woman visiting Venice with her overbearing mother quickly tires of her fellow American tourists and begins to fixate on a handsome gondolier .
Considered by Hartley to be the most accomplished of his works, Simonetta Perkins is a brilliantly observed tale of desire and guilt. Set against a glorious Venetian backdrop, it explores the nature of physical temptation, creating a complex psychological work deeply reminiscent of Henry James.
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Simonetta Perkins le trajo sólo 12 libras, aunque se hablaba favorablemente de ello. El Saturday Review calificó al joven escritor "uno de los talentos más esperanzadores", y The Calendar of Modern Letters dijo que Simonetta Perkins fue una "primera novela distinguida".
The Saturday Review called the young writer "one of the most hopeful talents", and The Calendar of Modern Letters said that Simonetta Perkins was a "distinguished first novel". Modern critics have called it his most dangerous novel, as Hartley explored infatuation and sexuality in a way considered less respectable at the time. [21]
1 de jun. de 2004 · Considered by Hartley to be the most accomplished of his works, Simonetta Perkins is a brilliantly observed tale of desire and guilt. Set against a glorious Venetian backdrop, it explores the nature of physical temptation, creating a complex psychological work deeply reminiscent of Henry James.
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Simonetta Perkins (Hesperus Classics) : Hartley, L. P., Drabble, Margaret: Amazon.es: Libros
His novella Simonetta Perkins (1925) was a light exercise in cosmopolitan manners, with a plot that recalls Henry James’s “international” stories. The Killing Bottle (1932) was another collection of stories. The Shrimp and the Anemone (1944), his first novel in 19 years, was the first part of a trilogy about a brother and sister, Eustace ...
