Painted Shadow. A Life Of Vivienne Eliot

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Constable
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 682 pages. Ex-Library. (Only one small neat stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Vivienne Eliot was committed to an asylum in 1938, five years after T.S. Eliot deserted her. This biography looks at their troubled marriage and how it was to provide the inspiration for "The Waste Land". When Tom and Vivienne married on 28 June 1915 they had known each other only a few months. He quickly introduced Vivienne to his mentor, the exploitative Bertrand Russell who under the guise of taking the Eliots under his wing drew Vivienne into an ever-closer, and ultimately devastating relationship. Inevitably the Eliots became involved in the emotional merry-go-round of the Bloomsbury and Garsington circles and their marriage became the subject of speculation. For a while Vivienne flourished - helping her husband with his literary work but by the time she was committed to an asylum in 1938, five years after T.S. Eliot had deserted her, Vivienne Eliot was a sad, lonely figure.

ISBN: 9780094792708