Maurice Guest

Maurice Guest is a novel written by Henry Handel Richardson, first published in 1908. The story is set in Leipzig, Germany, in the late 19th century and follows the life of Maurice Guest, a young Australian musician who has come to study at the Leipzig Conservatorium. Maurice is ambitious and passionate about music, but he is also naive and inexperienced in matters of love and relationships. He becomes infatuated with a fellow student, the beautiful but cold-hearted Louise Dufrayer, who is already engaged to another man. Maurice becomes increasingly obsessed with Louise, even as he becomes involved with other women, including the talented pianist, Schilsky, and the singer, Frau Krause. The novel explores themes of love, passion, ambition, and the pursuit of artistic excellence, as well as the challenges faced by young people trying to find their place in the world. The character of Maurice Guest is said to be based on the author's own experiences as a young musician studying in Leipzig. The novel is considered a classic of Australian literature and has been praised for its vivid portrayal of the music scene in Leipzig and its insightful depiction of the complexities of human relationships.1922. The Australian author, Henry Handel Richardson's (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson), is best remembered for The Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy. Her novel, Maurice Guest, plays out the history of Maurice and Louise against the background of the musical life in Leipzig, of which she has intimate knowledge, having studied music there herself. The other figures in the drama, Madeleine, Krafft, Ephie, Schwarz's wife, landladies and musical students, are inevitably pieces in the principal game, and yet are never deliberately so placed there by the author in order to assist the final catastrophe. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.