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      Quartet

      by Jean Rhys
      Published
      Sep 1974
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      A young expat in Paris is caught between her lover and his wife in this autobiographical novel by the author of Wide Sargasso Sea.

      Set in the bohemian café society of 1920s Paris, Quartet tells the story of Marya Zelli, a young woman who finds herself alone and adrift when her art dealer husband is arrested. On his insistence, she goes to live with a friendly English couple. But when Marya becomes entangled in the intimate lives of her hosts, she has no way out. And the desperate situation turns explosive when her husband is released from prison.
      Jean Rhys's debut novel, Quartet, won international acclaim when it was originally published in 1928. It is loosely based on her extramarital affair with Ford Madox Ford, which took place while her then-husband Jean Lenglet was in prison.

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      First Edition Sep 1974 Vintage ISBN13 9780394713199 ISBN10 0394713192
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      Oct 1981 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060805685 ISBN10 0060805684
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      Jan 1990 Carroll & Graf ISBN13 9780881845389 ISBN10 0881845388
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      Mar 1997 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393315462 ISBN10 0393315460
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      Aug 2000 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780141183923 ISBN10 0141183926
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      Nov 2020 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393358117 ISBN10 0393358119
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      Jan 1971 HarperCollins ISBN13 9780060135379 ISBN10 0060135379
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      Aug 1985 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393022261 ISBN10 0393022269
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      Jan 1994 John Curley & Assoc ISBN13 9780745123189 ISBN10 074512318X
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      Jan 1994 John Curley & Assoc ISBN13 9780745123295 ISBN10 0745123295
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      Sep 1994 Chivers ISBN13 9780792721017 ISBN10 0792721012
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