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1920s Ceylon: A young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences In this lush, atmospheric page-turner, nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper has married Laurence, the seductively mysterious owner of a vast tea empire in colonial Ceylon, after a whirlwind romance in London. When she joins him at his faraway tea plantation, she's filled with hope for their life together, eager to take on the role of mistress of the house, learn the tea business, and start a family. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbors and her new sister-in-law treacherous. Gwen finds herself drawn to a local Sinhalese man of questionable intentions and worries about her new husband's connection to a brash American businesswoman. But most troubling are the unanswered questions surrounding Laurence's first marriage. Why won't anyone discuss the fate of his first wife? Who's buried in the unmarked grave in the forest? As the darkness of her husband's past emerges, Gwen is forced to make a devastating choice, one that could destroy their future and Gwen's chance at happiness.
Romanzo genere romance-drama ambientato a Ceylon nei primi anni del secolo scorso, in pieno boom coloniale inglese, segue la storia del matrimonio delle giovane Gwen con un + maturo Laurence proprietario di una piantagione di tè. Ben scritto, ben strutturato, personaggi ben definiti e caratterizzati (con qualche "leggero" stereotipo), il punto di forza maggiore è la straordinaria capacità della Jefferies di descrivere ambienti, profumi, paesaggi, città, situazioni ma anche stati d'animo, sentimenti, rapporti umani. Il romanzo a tratti è un po' lento e talvolta un po' ripetitivo nella descrizione dei sentimenti provati dalla protagonista, forse si potevano tagliare una 50ina di pag., cmq una lettura gradevole, avvincente ed anche emozionante in alcuni passaggi. Nel complesso lo consiglio. ( )
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The woman held a slim white envelope to her lips. She hesitated for a moment longer, pausing to listen to the achingly sweet notes of a distant Sinhalese flute. She considered her resolve, turning it over as she would a pebble in her palm, then sealed the envelope and propped it against a vase of wilting red roses. The antique tootman stood at the end of the four-poster bed.
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HTML:#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER1920s Ceylon: A young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences In this lush, atmospheric page-turner, nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper has married Laurence, the seductively mysterious owner of a vast tea empire in colonial Ceylon, after a whirlwind romance in London. When she joins him at his faraway tea plantation, she's filled with hope for their life together, eager to take on the role of mistress of the house, learn the tea business, and start a family. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbors and her new sister-in-law treacherous. Gwen finds herself drawn to a local Sinhalese man of questionable intentions and worries about her new husband's connection to a brash American businesswoman. But most troubling are the unanswered questions surrounding Laurence's first marriage. Why won't anyone discuss the fate of his first wife? Who's buried in the unmarked grave in the forest? As the darkness of her husband's past emerges, Gwen is forced to make a devastating choice, one that could destroy their future and Gwen's chance at happiness. .
Il romanzo a tratti è un po' lento e talvolta un po' ripetitivo nella descrizione dei sentimenti provati dalla protagonista, forse si potevano tagliare una 50ina di pag., cmq una lettura gradevole, avvincente ed anche emozionante in alcuni passaggi. Nel complesso lo consiglio. (