The Lovers of Amherst by William Nicholson

The Lovers of Amherst by William Nicholson

August 1881: An attractive young married woman, Mabel Todd, arrives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband David, recently appointed assistant professor at Amherst College. The treasurer of the college is Austin Dickinson, the most respected citizen of the town, a married man with three children. Austin's sister Emily lives as a recluse in the Homestead, the house next-door to Austin's family. Over the months that follow the Todds' arrival, Austin falls passionately in love with Mabel, and she with him. October 2013: Alice Dickinson, 24 years old, is struggling with her failure to find a boyfriend. At the same time she wants to escape her copy-writing job and make a living as a screenwriter. She takes time off work to research a screenplay on a story that has fascinated her since college days, where a love of Emily Dickinson's poems was triggered by the coincidence of her own surname.The story is the illicit love affair between Austin Dickinson and Mabel Todd. The novel interweaves the stories of these two love affairs: the unfolding one between Alice and Nick, an older man she meets in Amherst, and the original love affair between Austin and Mabel, observed by Emily.

Nicholson is excellent at dialogue and his eye for period detail is almost as good - Spectator

An explosively interesting novel I found hard to put down - Wendy Holden, Daily Mail

William Nicholson's plays include Shadowlands and Life Story, both of which won the BAFTA Best Television Drama award of their year. He co-wrote the script for the film Gladiator and he has scripted Les Miserables and Mandela. William Nicholson lives in East Sussex.

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ISBN 13	9781848666481
ISBN 10	1848666489
Titel	The Lovers of Amherst
Autor	William Nicholson
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Quercus Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-02-05
Seitenanzahl	304
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.