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Carregando... The Eliza Storiesde Barry Pain
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This is actually five books in one. They were originally published between 1900 and 1913, and are vignettes in the life of a city clerk and his wife, the eponymous Eliza. They are told from the husband's point of view. He is a priggish, pompous, climbing sort of man, who never realizes how his wife gets around him. He's been compared to Basil Fawlty, and there's some validity to that, though I think Fawlty is nastier. These stories are basically the diaries of Eliza's husband. He is an unnamed pompuos Edwardian. The third story is actually the diary of Eliza's son. His diary entries were written just before World War One when he was 15 - but they could have been written today. They are the diaries of any typical teenager. The humour is laugh out loud funny! Strangely though I couldn't find the book listed anywhere - I picked it up in a charity shop. I cab thoroughly recommend it if you can find a copy. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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"The more I think about myself, the more--I say it in all modesty--the subject seems to grow." So begins The Eliza Stories, and although the book takes Eliza's name, her husband is revealed to be the true comic hero, as he displays a self-importance that far outstrips his modest station in Edwardian suburbia. Eliza uncomplainingly smoothes over arguments and watches from the sidelines as her other half tries to scramble up the social ladder. From insulting the domestic staff to ill-advisedly lending money to social superiors, our narrator is by turns patronizing and authoritarian. And just when you think you can't stand anymore, their son Ernest brings a new and sinister twist to the tale. Written and set in the early 1900s, this is a comic gem. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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