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The quest for Corvo: an experiment in biography

By Rolfe , Frederick;Symons , Alphonse James Albert

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780241313008, 0241313007
Language
english
Format
EPUB
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788 kB (806559 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

'What had happened to the lost manuscripts, what train of chances took Rolfe to his death in Venice? The Quest continued'One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar, eccentric novel that he cannot forget and, captivated by this unknown masterpiece, determines to learn everything he can about its mysterious author. The object of his search is Frederick Rolfe, self-titled Baron Corvo - artist, rejected candidate for priesthood and author of serially autobiographical fictions - and its story is told in this 'experiment in biography': a beguiling portrait of an insoluble tangle of talents, frustrated ambitions and self-destruction.

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