Outbreak Of Love
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the backdrop of Melbourne's genteel society in the early twentieth century, Outbreak of Love is a refined and gently ironic novel that chronicles the emotional entanglements of a group of upper-middle-class Australians navigating the tensions between social propriety and personal desire. Martin Boyd presents the story of Diana Langton, a woman of quiet dignity who finds herself drawn into an unexpected late-life romance, while the world around her shifts beneath the weight of changing values and generational conflict. With characteristic wit and elegiac warmth, Boyd illustrates the fragility of the social codes that bind his characters, exposing the quiet hypocrisies and tender vulnerabilities that lie beneath polished surfaces. The novel's tone is one of civilized melancholy — sharp in its observations yet deeply sympathetic to those who struggle to reconcile duty with longing. A distinguished entry in Boyd's Langton family sequence, it stands as a testament to his mastery of the comedy of manners and his profound understanding of the Australian colonial sensibility.
Author: Martin Boyd
Format: Paperback
Published: 1978, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the backdrop of Melbourne's genteel society in the early twentieth century, Outbreak of Love is a refined and gently ironic novel that chronicles the emotional entanglements of a group of upper-middle-class Australians navigating the tensions between social propriety and personal desire. Martin Boyd presents the story of Diana Langton, a woman of quiet dignity who finds herself drawn into an unexpected late-life romance, while the world around her shifts beneath the weight of changing values and generational conflict. With characteristic wit and elegiac warmth, Boyd illustrates the fragility of the social codes that bind his characters, exposing the quiet hypocrisies and tender vulnerabilities that lie beneath polished surfaces. The novel's tone is one of civilized melancholy — sharp in its observations yet deeply sympathetic to those who struggle to reconcile duty with longing. A distinguished entry in Boyd's Langton family sequence, it stands as a testament to his mastery of the comedy of manners and his profound understanding of the Australian colonial sensibility.