Uma paixão em Florença - Up at the Villa

W. Somerset Maugham

Editora Record

2000

125 páginas

4h 10m

ISBN-10: 8501059277

Português Brasileiro

Mary Opanton vive alheia aos seus desejos na tranquilidade de sua villa, perto de Florença, na existência contemplativa de um casamento sem amor. Até que um simples ato de compaixão muda sua rotina, dando início a um pesadelo de violência que destrói sua serenidade. Mary ajuda um homem conhecido como Rowley Flint e, por meio dele, descobre que negar o amor, com todas as suas paixões e riscos, é o mesmo que negar a própria vida.
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The action takes place in the late 1930s. 30-year-old Mary Panton, whose extraordinary beauty has always been one of her greatest assets, has been a widow for one year.

With the sudden death of her husband a year behind her, Mary Panton eagerly accepts the invitation of two friends to stay at a villa they own in Florence where Mary can sit on the terrace overlooking the city and calmly contemplate what she should do with her life. “After eight years of extravagant living, and an unhappy marriage, she found herself at the age of thirty with some fine pearls and an income just large enough, with rigid economy, for her support.” Alone, she is also able to ruminate regarding Edgar Swift, a man she’s known all her life who is now fifty-four-years-old. He is successful, ambitious, and headed for new heights in his professional life serving in the government in India. Mary suspects he wants to marry her despite the age gap between them. “Tall and spare… both athletic and distinguished… He had dignity without arrogance.” Mary likes Edgar immensely; however, she doesn’t love him.

Resenhas (6)

3.5 (Bom)

Uma Paixão em Florença. A estória é boa, mas não foi o melhor que li desse autor, faltou algo, não sem explicar o que, mas faltou.