- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; New edition edition (Sep 26 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0099283425
- ISBN-13: 978-0099283423
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 82 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,056,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Garnett's (1892-1981) frothy romantic diversion, first published in England in 1955, is a graceful tale of Oedipal tensions, shared secrets, violent shocks and theatricality. Recently expelled from school, Alexis, a hotheaded young Englishman, has enlisted in the army. He takes as his lover beautiful, bitchy French actress Rose Vibert, but she ditches him to marry his uncle, baronet-poet Sir George Dillingham. Many years later, the Dillinghams' 13-year-old daughter Jenny falls madly for Alexis; Rose, meanwhile, beds a 20-year-old in a menage a trois. Jealousies and passions wax and wane as we hop from Paris to Venice to French wine country, yet the story, for all its psychological nuances, does not rise much above the level of melodrama. An Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the novel is scheduled to open in New York next April. Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"Exquisite evocations of Venice, Paris and the French countryside." - Observer
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Simply Outdated., Oct 25 2008
By Jennifer L. Tilden "Bridget Jones, Esq." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: ASPECTS OF LOVE (Paperback)
This is not a novel for everyone.Garnett's novel is somewhat outdated in its style, the writing is at times quaint, despite the subject matter.
Aspects of Love, the novel which inspired the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, follows the coming of age of Alexis, a young soldier in love with an actress, Rose. Alexis' pursuit of Rose becomes intertwined with his uncle, her daugther, his uncle's lover, Rose's lover, and an assortment of other bit players. The book was originally released in Britain in 1955, and is, to a great extent, something like the "Desperate Housewives" of the time; it requires a scorecard to keep up with who is sleeping with whom on any given page.
Despite all the astonishing pairings (especially given the time it was released), it's not a particularly good book. The writing is somewhat weak, the plot beyond the romantic intrigue is shoddy, and if you knew the musical first (which most people reading the novel today do), you miss the music. The descriptions of the countryside are lovely, but the novel just can't quite make up for being an outdated melodrama with an unlikely racy streak.
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