Sophie and the Sibyl by Patricia Duncker

Combining a tale of courtship and seduction with a lively imagining of George Eliot at the end of her boldly conventional life and height of her fame, is both a compelling Victorian novel and a playful meditation on the creation of literature'-Front jacket flap. What's more, Sophie worships the great novelist of questionable morals and is determined to meet her. Out of his depth, Max finds himself precariously balanced between Sophie and the Sibyl. Both women have Max in thrall- one with her youth and passion, the other with her wisdom and fierce intelligence. Mischievous, willful, and daring, Sophie gambles recklessly and rides horses like a man. At first, Max is lured by Sophie's beauty and his affectionate memories of their shared childhood, but she is nothing like the vision of angelic domesticity Max was expecting. Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance - Kindle edition by Duncker.

Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Yet Wolfgang has an ulterior motive: he wants his brother to consider Countess Sophie von Hahn, daughter of a wealthy family friend, as a potential wife. Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance - Kindle edition by Duncker, Patricia. Enthralling and intelligent, she soon has Max bewitched. When Max's bad habits get out of hand, Wolfgang sends him to Homburg, to attend to a celebrity author-the enigmatic Sibyl, also known as George Eliot. Clever, irresponsible Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as the older, wiser, Wolfgang is of making a profit. The Duncker brothers, Max and Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business in the city.

Sophie and the Sibyl by Patricia Duncker