Vita Sackville-Westová

Oroonoko je román Aphry Behnové, vydaný v roce 1688. Je v něm zachycen příběh tragické lásky hlavního hrdiny, zotročného Afričana v Surinamu v 60. letech 17. století. Autorka do knihy vložila svoje zkušenosti s novou jihoamerickou kolonií. Obecně je Aphra Behnová považována za první profesionální spisovatelku anglické …

All Passion Spent is a literary fiction novel by Vita Sackville-West. Published in 1931, it is one of Sackville-West’s most popular works and has been adapted for television by the BBC. This charming and gentle novel addresses people's, especially women's, control of their own lives, a subject about which …

The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group. The marriage was that between the two writers, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and the portrait is drawn partly by Vita herself in an autobiography which she left behind at her …

The Edwardians is one of Vita Sackville-West's later novels and a clear critique of the Edwardian aristocratic society as well as a reflection of her own childhood experiences. It belongs to the genre of the Bildungsroman and describes the development of the main character Sebastian within his social world, in this …

Evelyn Jarrold is a woman of irreproachable conduct who associates with the best of English society until she meets Miles Vane-Merrick, a rising Labour politician fifteen years her junior