The typewriter's tale
By: Michiel Heyns
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781250119001
Subjects: Fiction
Description: ""Live all you can; it's a mistake not to." This is the maxim of celebrated author Henry James and one which his typist Frieda Wroth tries to live up to. Admiring of the great author, she nevertheless feels marginalized and undervalued in her role. But when the dashing Morton Fullerton comes to visit, Frieda finds herself at the center of an intrigue every bit as engrossing as the novels she types, bringing her into conflict with the flamboyant Edith Wharton, and compromising her loyalty to James"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269).