Where Angels Fear to Tread (Penguin English Library) -

E. M. Forster

Penguin

2012

176 páginas

5h 52m

ISBN-13: 9780141199252

'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learned to be sincere - and, what's as bad, never learned how to enjoy themselves'

E. M. Forster's first novel is a witty comedy of manners that is tinged with tragedy. It tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth and highly unsuitable. A subtle attack on decorous Edwardian values and a humanely sympathetic portrayal of the clash of two cultures, Where Angels Fear to Tread is also a profound exploration of character and virtue.

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Bem diferente dos outros livros do autor, algo mais crítico de uma sociedade que em mutação. Aponta o clássico britânico com os seus ideias, acreditando que seu jeito é o correto, e todos os outros são menores e menos inteligentes, incapazes. Se intrometem e arruinam tudo. Mesmo quando tenta se integrar a superioridade ainda se faz presente.