| Forever and Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton Contributor(s): Kilpack, Josi S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1629721425 ISBN-13: 9781629721422 Publisher: Shadow Mountain OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015030576 |
| Series: Historical Proper Romance |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also drawn to education, literature, and more intellectual pursuits.Published author and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is also touring Europe, but under much different circumstances. Recently widowed, he is gathering research for a new publication that he hopes will secure his professorship at Harvard College.Befriended by the Appleton family while visiting Switzerland, Henry is introduced to Fanny and sees in her a kindred spirit, a lover of language and literature and high ideals. He is in love. Fanny, however, is uncertain. He is from a much lower social class and is older than she is. How could such a relationship ever thrive?Could a book of Henry's poetry, personally delivered, persuade Fanny to believe in a love that lasts forever and forever? |
Contributor Bio(s): Kilpack, Josi S.: - Josi is the author of twenty-five novels--including the twelve-book Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery series--one cookbook, and has been part of several coauthored projects and anthologies. She is a two time Whitney award-winner (Sheep's Clothing in 2007 and Wedding Cake in 2014) and the Utah Best in State winner for fiction in 2012. She and her husband, Lee, are the parents of four children and live in Utah. |