Lilian (Unabridged)
Londres, début du XXe siècle. Lilian, jeune dactylo ambitieuse, voit sa vie basculer quand son employeur, Felix Grig, lui propose bien plus qu’un simple dîner.
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A beautiful young girl, was a typist, though not a contented typist. She yearned after a high, impossible ideal, which involved all the more vulgar luxuries so easily obtainable in exchange for cash.
The typewriting office at which she was employed had been started by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means, as a hobby for his spinster sister. Miss Grig suspected that Felix was more interested in Lilian than he ought to be ; therefore, she gave Lilian the sack. But this ruse was unsuccessful, for Felix invited Lilian to dine at the expensive restaurant of her dreams and suggested a little trip to the Continent. Lilian accepted with alacrity and off they went. Thereafter, chapters celebrating the delights of prosperous indolence on the Riviera. Unhappily, after a few days of this delicious existence Felix catches a cold and Lilian discovers that she is going to have a baby. Felix's cold becomes pneu- monia ; but pneumonia or not, he gets up, marries Lilian, makes a will leaving her everything, and dies. Lilian, having assisted at the usual ceremonies, returns to England and lives happily or unhappily ever afterwards in Felix's town house.
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English journalist, novelist, and writer. After working as a rent collector and solicitor's clerk, Bennett won a writing contest which convinced him to become a journalist. He later turned to the writing of novels, including his most famous Clayhanger and Anna of the five towns.
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A beautiful young girl, was a typist, though not a contented typist. She yearned after a high, impossible ideal, which involved all the more vulgar luxuries so easily obtainable in exchange for cash.
The typewriting office at which she was employed had been started by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means, as a hobby for his spinster sister. Miss Grig suspected that Felix was more interested in Lilian than he ought to be ; therefore, she gave Lilian the sack. But this ruse was unsuccessful, for Felix invited Lilian to dine at the expensive restaurant of her dreams and suggested a little trip to the Continent. Lilian accepted with alacrity and off they went. Thereafter, chapters celebrating the delights of prosperous indolence on the Riviera. Unhappily, after a few days of this delicious existence Felix catches a cold and Lilian discovers that she is going to have a baby. Felix's cold becomes pneu- monia ; but pneumonia or not, he gets up, marries Lilian, makes a will leaving her everything, and dies. Lilian, having assisted at the usual ceremonies, returns to England and lives happily or unhappily ever afterwards in Felix's town house.
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English journalist, novelist, and writer. After working as a rent collector and solicitor's clerk, Bennett won a writing contest which convinced him to become a journalist. He later turned to the writing of novels, including his most famous Clayhanger and Anna of the five towns.
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Lilian est bien plus qu’un simple roman d’amour : c’est une plongée dans l’Angleterre des années 1920, où les tensions de classe et les attentes sociales pèsent sur le destin des femmes. Arnold Bennett y dépeint avec ironie et justesse les dilemmes d’une jeune femme déterminée à tracer sa voie, malgré les obstacles. L’écriture vive et les dialogues ciselés en font une lecture à la fois divertissante et profondément humaine.
Ce roman explore l’ambition féminine, les inégalités sociales, et les relations de pouvoir entre les sexes. À travers le parcours de Lilian, Bennett interroge aussi la morale bourgeoise, le prix de la réussite, et la quête d’autonomie dans une société en pleine mutation. Le tout teinté d’un humour subtil et d’une critique sociale acérée.
Lilian séduira les amateurs de romans classiques à l’intrigue psychologique, ainsi que les lecteurs sensibles aux enjeux féministes et aux portraits de femmes fortes. Son style accessible et son cadre historique en font aussi une excellente porte d’entrée dans la littérature anglaise du début du XXe siècle.
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