It feels more personal for its length, more like a small section from a lifetime. Olivia Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item. Nothing is excessive, though the emotions are grand. It is a fairly quick read at not even 150 pages. If you are a fan of either, this book will likely strike your fancy. This novel is a short blend of Brontë and Rita Mae Brown. Olivia : Bussy,Dorothy, Martin du Gard,Roger, lauteur,L: Amazon.es: Libros. It is based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy. I loved the main character’s strength, which reads well from the frankness of the narrator’s tone. 1951 Marie-Claire Olivia Yvonne de Bray, Olivia (also known as Pit of Loneliness) is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. The naiveté and enthusiasm of our protagonist stands alongside a sturdy confidence. Instead, the author captures the ferocity of young love.

The boarding school is not a terribly unique location for the queer lit genre, oft-told in pieces such as Maedchen in Uniform and its updated twin, Loving Annabelle, but this story finds charm and handles its tragedy, not settling into the same absolute self-pitying despair that a many queer books may tailspin. The elder Olivia narrating is self-aware of her hyperbole and height of emotions. Balanced with a certain loveliness, it does not fall into a overly sentimental heap of first love. Its absolute frankness is one of its strongest charms. Atheism acknowledged in the first moments. Published in 1949, this book is remarkably blunt. Olivia, a sixteen year old with an eye for the romantic, is sent to Les Avons where she thrives and falls for one of the female heads of the school. Details Abstract: Captures the awakening passions of an adolescent girl sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris, where she develops an infatuation for her headmistress. This coming of age/first love book is set in late 19th century at a girls boarding school just a short distance from Paris. Olivia Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item. Dorothy Strachey Bussy)Ī semi-autobiographical account of Dorothy Strachey Bussy’s younger years, this lesser read queer novel is definitely worth picking up.

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