Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Lucy Honeychurch, like all proper young British ladies during the Edwardian Era, is compelled to tour Europe in the company of an older chaperone--in this instance, her spinster cousin Charlotte Bartlett. While in Italy, the ladies make the acquaintance of a wide variety of personalities; the most fascinating of their fellow tourists--at least in Lucy's eyes--is free-spirited George Emerson. Aware that her cousin is becoming too familiar with Emerson,...
6) Le divorce
Description
Isabel Walker travels to Paris to visit her pregnant stepsister Roxy, by chance arriving on the same day that Roxy's husband Charles-Henri leaves the marriage, apparently for another woman. As Isabel stays to offer help and support, the two young women start living it up with the locals and American expatriates, and Isabel finds herself being wooed by an older French man- who happens to be related to Roxy's ex-husband.