Amber
| Title | Amber |
|---|---|
| Original title | Forever Amber |
| Author | Kathleen Winsor; trad. di Luciana Agnoli Zucchini |
| Publication | BEAT |
| Size | 880p |
| Language |  ITA |
| ISBN | 9788865590645 |
| Topics |
American fiction--Historical American fiction--Social American fiction--Women Great Britain--History--1485-1603 (Tudor) Books adapted into a film or play American fiction--Translated into Italian |
| Notes | Forever Amber tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clare, who makes her way up through the ranks of 17th century English society by sleeping with and/or marrying successively richer and more important men, while keeping her love for the one man she could never have. The novel includes portrayals of Restoration fashion, including the introduction and popularization of tea in English coffeehouses and the homes of the fashionably rich; politics; and public disasters, including the plague and the Great Fire of London. The fifth draft of Winsor's first manuscript of Forever Amber was accepted for publication, but the publishers edited the book down to one-fifth of its original size. The resulting novel was 972 pages long. While many reviewers "praised the story for its relevance, comparing Amber's fortitude during the plague and fire to that of the women who held hearth and home together through the blitzes of World War II", others condemned it for its blatant sexual references. Fourteen U.S. states banned the book as pornography. The book was condemned by the Catholic Church for indecency, which helped to make it popular. [wikipedia] |
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