Maurice Guest - Hardcover

by Henry Handel Richardson (Author), Hugh Walpole (Foreword by)

Maurice Guest is a novel written by Henry Handel Richardson. It is a story of a young musician, Maurice Guest, who moves to Leipzig, Germany to study music. In Leipzig, he meets several other musicians, including the beautiful and talented pianist, Louise Dufrayer. Maurice falls in love with Louise and they begin a passionate affair. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Louise is already engaged to another man.As Maurice struggles to balance his love for Louise with his desire for success as a musician, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the music industry and the people he meets in Leipzig. He begins to question whether he has made the right decision in pursuing a career in music.The novel explores themes of love, ambition, and the pursuit of artistic excellence. It is a poignant and powerful portrayal of the struggles faced by young artists as they try to find their place in the world. With its vivid descriptions of the music scene in Leipzig and its complex characters, Maurice Guest is a timeless classic of Australian literature.1922. The Australian author, Henry Handel Richardson's (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson), is best remembered for The Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy. Her novel, Maurice Guest, plays out the history of Maurice and Louise against the background of the musical life in Leipzig, of which she has intimate knowledge, having studied music there herself. The other figures in the drama, Madeleine, Krafft, Ephie, Schwarz's wife, landladies and musical students, are inevitably pieces in the principal game, and yet are never deliberately so placed there by the author in order to assist the final catastrophe. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.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.