The Go-between
Author: BBC
ISBN: 9780141187785
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 29 Jan 2004
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Hartley's classic novel of innocence lost, now reissued with a new jacket
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society.
ISBN: 9780141187785
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 29 Jan 2004
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
Hartley's classic novel of innocence lost, now reissued with a new jacket
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society.
