The Encounter

The Encounter is a novel by Anne Douglas Sedgwick that tells the story of a young American woman named Mary who travels to Europe with her mother. While in Paris, Mary meets a handsome man named Paul and they fall in love. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Paul is already engaged to another woman. Mary must navigate her feelings for Paul while also dealing with the disapproval of her mother and the social expectations of the time. As she travels through Europe, Mary learns about love, loss, and the complexities of relationships. The Encounter is a classic novel of love and self-discovery, written with Sedgwick's signature style of elegant prose and emotional depth.1915. Anne Douglas Sedgwick (Mrs. Basil de Selincourt), expatriate American writer whose best-selling fiction observed European and American cultural differences. Sedgwick writes that those familiar with the life of a famous modern philosopher will find a resemblance to his tragicomic love affair in the story of Ludwig Wehlitz and Persis Fennamy. The book begins: It was very still in the Pension Muller. The oil-lamp had been thriftily extinguished in the entrance hall an hour before, and it was two hours since the band had ceased playing in the Kur-Garten. The last murmurs of the little German watering-place, held in the shallow cup of its surrounding hills, came, irresolutely, lethargically, through the open window where Persis Fennamy sat, like the broken words of a child that falls asleep. The window was at the back of the pension and overlooked, from its top story, the gnarled old apple-trees in the garden below, where tin tables stood among untidy grass. 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.