Venusberg (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Powell
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Romance
- Time of Work: The mid-1920’s
- Setting: London and an unnamed Scandinavian country much like Finland
- Principal Characters: Lushington, Ortrud Mavrin, Lucy, Da Costa, Pope, Count Scherbatcheff, Count Michel Bobel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Culture, Journalism or journalists, Voyages, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, 1920’s, Adultery, London, Adventure, Scandinavia or Scandinavians
- Locales: London, England, Scandinavia
The Novel
The opening pages of Venusberg introduce a young English journalist, Lushington, who is about to embark on a voyage into unfamiliar emotional and geographical territory. Lushington’s assignment to a country still torn by political strife (never named but, according to Anthony Powell’s memoir Infants of the Spring, 1976, based on Finland) comes at a time when his personal affairs are in limbo. His former lover Lucy, with whom he is still on very good terms, has conceived an unrequited passion for his friend da Costa, who is now stationed in the...
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