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Synopsis
Rebecca West based the main character of Harriet in her novel on Harriet Cohen, a well known pianist and greatly admired beauty... The novel is described as a modernist story about a piano-playing prodigy and her obsessive lover, a corrupt politician. The novel immortalised Harriet's unfulfilled love affair with the composer Arnold Bax. --Wikipedia.com.
Is Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This 1929 modernist fantasy explores an obsessive romantic relationship between a talented pianist and a corrupt politician. The novel contains themes of emotional manipulation, unrequited love, and political corruption but no graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include obsession and emotional manipulation.
Who'll love this
Sophisticated older teens interested in literary classics and complex character-driven stories about art, love, and politics will appreciate this modernist fantasy.