His mother disapproves, because Isabella is ‘ a daughter of the middle classes, so far beneath his noble station’. It is the story of Paul Verdayne, a young Englishman of 22, who would like to be engaged to be married to Isabella Waring, a vicar’s daughter after his mother has caught them kissing. The last third, whilst being melodramatic, is tragic. Three Weeks is a coming of age love story the first two thirds of which are either very romantic or hilarious depending on one’s point of view. ‘ Stripped of its trappings, which are mere accident, it is nothing more or less than a sensual adulterous intrigue.’ In a 1915 court case, linked to the book’s publication, Mr Justice Younger said: The reason the writer of the preface compares the three books is because of the reactions all three aroused in the British public. There is no publication date in this edition, but the cover and the preface suggest that it was published in the early 1960s, as the writer makes reference to Lolita and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, both published in the UK about that time. Book Review by Kathryn R: I found this book in the Old Pier Bookshop* in Morecambe while browsing for other books from 1900-1950.
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