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Gordon

Edith Templeton

2002226 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Viking · 226 pages · ENGISBN 9780670913909
  • 2003Pantheon Books · 226 pages · ENGISBN 9780375421945
  • 2012Penguin · ENGISBN 9780241964644
  • 2012Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780241964651
  • 2003De arbeiderspersISBN 9789029549011
  • 2004Vintage · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9781400030293
  • 2004Penguin Books Ltd · 240 pagesISBN 9780141011875

"Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author's real name. Edith Templeton creates an indeliable character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon." "Gordon, a psychiatrist, keeps Louisa in his thrall with his almost omniscient ability to see through her and she, in turn, is gripped by the deep, unexpected pleasure of complete submission. As they venture further and further into the depths - both psychological and sexual - she begins, for the first time, to understand her troubled history and the self that has emerged from it."--BOOK JACKET.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
Character focusSingle lead
ComplexityLayered

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