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Publication
Quality Paperback Book Club (1995), Hardcover
Description
"Dorothy Strachey's classic Olivia captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Mlle. Julie and the other head of the school, Mlle. Cara, in its final months"--
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LibraryThing member senbei
Inspired by the actual school lives of historical figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Strachey's characters come alive in the imagination. Although this piece is short and somewhat tragic, its characters are vivid and fun. I very much enjoyed the sexual freedom of Olivia, as well as its setting and
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LibraryThing member Feleciak
Complex with a lot of ambiguities and unanswered questions between teacher/student. A decent read. 3 stars.
LibraryThing member Feleciak
Complex with a lot of ambiguities and unanswered questions between teacher/student. A decent read. 3 stars.
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Original publication date
1949
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OCLC = 186
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