The Hireling (Capuchin Classics) - Softcover

L.P. Hartley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955731259 ISBN 13: 9780955731259

Publisher: Capuchin Classics, 2008

Synopsis

Emotionally paralyzed by grief at her husband's death, Lady Franklin, an eligible young widow, unburdens herself to Leadbitter--a gallant, hard-bitten ex-soldier who has invested his savings, and himself, in the car he drives for hire--as he takes her on a series of journeys. He in turn beguiles her with stories of his nonexistent wife and children thereby weaning her from her self-absorption, but creating for himself a dreamlife with Lady Franklin at the heart of it. Half-hoping to make his dream come true, Leadbitter takes a bold step which costs him her company and brings the story to a dramatically unexpected end. The Hireling was made into a 1973 film starring Sarah Miles and Robert Shaw.

About this title

Review:

"One of the best novels he has produced . . . at least as good as "The Go-Between."" --"Daily Mail"

"L. P. Hartley possesses a genuine interest in problems of moral discrimination and a concern for human and civilized values that make it possible to relate him at his best to the tradition represented by Henry James, inherited perhaps by way of E. M. Forster." --Gilbert Phelps, author, "The Heart in the Desert"

Book Description:

A masterly evocation of grief and loneliness that bind two very different people together, from the author of The Go-Between.

About this edition

• Publisher: Capuchin Classics
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0955731259
• ISBN 13: 9780955731259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250