Arcadia

A Play

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Author

Publication

1994-09-24 - Faber & Faber

Language

English

Word Count

24,250 words, Guess

Page Count

97 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

ISBN-100571169341
ISBN-139780571169344
Open LibraryOL7856664M

Description

Arcadia moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits- the attraction Newton left out.