The Lovers

by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

The Lovers is a novel written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. The story revolves around two lovers, a young American artist named Kate and a British writer named Guy. The two meet in Paris and fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by their different backgrounds and the social expectations of their respective countries. As their relationship develops, they must navigate the challenges of their cultural differences and the disapproval of their families. Kate struggles to find her place in Guy's world and to reconcile her own ambitions with the expectations placed on her as a woman. Guy, meanwhile, must confront his own prejudices and the limitations of his social class.The novel explores themes of love, identity, and social class, as well as the complexities of cultural exchange and the challenges faced by women in the early 20th century. It is a poignant and insightful portrayal of a relationship that defies social convention and challenges the status quo.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Elizabeth Robins Pennell was an American writer who, for most of her adult life, made her home in London. A recent researcher summed her up as "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known columnist, biographer, cookbook collector, and art critic"; in addition, she wrote travelogues, mainly of European cycling voyages, and memoirs, centred on her London salon. Her biographies included the first in almost a century of the proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, one of her uncle the folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland, and one of her friend the painter Whistler. In recent years, her art criticism has come under scrutiny, and her food criticism has been reprinted. She was married to Joseph Pennell.