by Caroline Blackwood · ALBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490657690
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Immerse yourself in the story of four women across generations in 'The Old Mrs. Webster'. Great-grandmother Webster, a prisoner of family correction, lives isolated near the sea. Her daughter, Grandmother Dunmartin, resides in a manor house in Ireland, tormented by rain and a chaotic domestic government. Lavinia, her daughter, a London beauty, is torn between parties, lovers and self-destructive tendencies. Finally, the young orphan, belonging to the youngest branch, visits, remembers and narrates the story of her eccentric family.
Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, known as Caroline Blackwood, was an English writer, socialite, and muse. Her novels have been praised for their wit and intelligence. One of her works is an autobiography, which detailed her wealthy but unhappy childhood. She was born into an aristocratic British family, the eldest child of the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and of Maureen Constance Guinness. Her husbands were accomplished figures in their own fields.
