This Real Night: The Fountain Overflows, This Real Night, And Cousin Rosamund (The Saga of the Century Trilogy #2)

By: Rebecca West

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Synopsis: A new era for women—and the Aubrey sisters—dawns in the trilogy that proves &“what an extraordinary, and extraordinarily honest, writer Rebecca West was&” (The New York Times). They have put down their schoolbooks and put up their hair, but a talented musician and her kin ponder what being a young woman on one&’s own will entail. Abandoned by their feckless father, Rose and her family must move beyond their comfortable drawing room to discover a world of kind patrons, music teachers, and concert hall acclaim, but also domestic strife, anti-Semitism, and social pressure to marry. Set before World War I, Rebecca West&’s intimate, eloquent family portrait brings to life a time when women recognized their own voices and the joys of living off one&’s own talents.