The reinvention of love
Subtitle: a novel
By: Helen Humphreys
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781554684434
Subjects: Adultère; Conditions sociales; Fiction; Englisch; Roman; Adultery; Social conditions; Romans, nouvelles
Description: When Charles Sainte-Beuve, an ambitious French journalist, meets Victor Hugo, a young writer on the verge of fame, he finds himself helplessly attracted to Hugo's long-suffering wife, Adèle. The two lovers begin an affair that lasts over thirty years and sparks a scandal in Paris.
Notes: "A Phyllis Bruce book."