Martha in Paris: A Novel (The Martha Novels)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01C54MLGE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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You won't care for Martha, but then again she won't care for you. kitz very interesting a psychopath, in the truest sense, Martha is not concerned with emotions and not concerned with anyone else. except those that can help her painting career. A good study of the true psychopath that lives among us.. Second "Martha" book is better, but read this anyway! Dancin' Heavy I didn't like the main character, but I did like the second book, once the situation was set up. Worth getting through this one to get to the second.
. And when an unexpected complication arises, Martha deals with the consequences in her usual sensible, independent fashion. It isn’t a debonair Frenchman who seduces her, but a homesick British bank clerk who offers her all the creature comforts of home. A young woman sent to Paris to study painting learns lessons about life and love in Margery Sharp’s sparkling novel that features the now-grown-up artistic little girl who first appeared in The Eye of Love Eighteen-year-old Martha is blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime: an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris to study where some of the world’s greatest painters lived and worked. Witty, tender, and richly evocative of late 1940s Paris, Martha in Paris is a beguiling portrait of the artist as a young woman as she learns the facts of life. Despite her single-minded pursuit of creativity, she attracts an admirer in the City of Light
She is an excellent storyteller.” —Elizabeth Bowen “It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots.” —The Saturday Review of Literature . a wonderful entertainer.” —The New Yorker “Sharp’s dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true . . “Every word in this tiny book is delicious.” —Charlotte Observer “Chalk up another for Margery Sharp’s collection of offbeat heroines and outrageously funny novels.” —Newark Evening News Praise for Margery Sharp“One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today.” —Chicago Daily News&n