All Passion Spent
A Literature, British Literature, Fiction book. Henry by the compulsion of love had cheated her of her chosen life, yet he had given her another...
In 1860, as a young girl of 17, Lady Slane nurtures a secret, burning ambition—to become an artist. She becomes, instead, the wife of a great statesman and the mother of six children. Seventy years later, released by widowhood, and to the dismay of her pompous children, she abandons the family home for a tiny house in Hampstead. Here she recollects the dreams of youth, and revels in her newfound freedom with her odd assortment of companions: Genoux, her French maid; Mr. Bucktrout, her house agent; and a coffin maker who pictures people dead in order to reveal their true characters. And then there's Mr. FitzGeorge, an eccentric millionaire who met and loved her in...
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Henry by the compulsion of love had cheated her of her chosen life, yet he had given her another life, an ample life, a life in touch with the greater world, if that took her fancy; or a life, alternatively, pressed close up against her own nursery. For a life of her own, he had substituted his life with its interests, or the lives of her children with their potentialities. He assumed that she might sink herself in either, if not both, with equal joy. It had never occurred to him that she might prefer simply to be herself. Vita Sackville-West, All Passion... J'ai toujours pens qu'il valait mieux plaire beaucoup une seule personne, qu'un peu tout le monde. Vita Sackville-West, All Passion Spent One must be businesslike, although the glass is falling. Vita Sackville-West, All Passion Spent
Little old lady tries, at last, to make her own life after a lifetime of looking after other people's interests and especially her children. One wonders exactly how much 'looking-after' does the Vicereine of India do when she doesn't even hang up her own clothes or make a cup of tea? She is once described as arranging flowers though... This was such a lovely surprise. I went into this not knowing much about Sackville-West other than her relationship to Woolf. Such a quiet and powerful work about the consequences of living a life not true to yourself. Reminded me a great deal of The Enchanted April but is less saccharine. I think this more of a 3.5 stars but it's just... Un petit livre lger et dlicieux sur la vieillesse mais aussi l'art d'envoyer gentiment promener les contraintes de sa famille et de la "bonne socit". Comment une vieille dame la fin de sa vie se rebelle contre le carcan social dans lequel elle s'est trouve enferme auprs d'un mari "politiquement correct" diplomate dans les pays du Commonwealth.Lady...
