# Vera

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- Book: [Vera](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-von-arnim/vera) ([Vera.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-von-arnim/vera.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Von Arnim](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-von-arnim)
- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-18-4408-281-0
- Published: 2006-02-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died, and aged twenty-two, she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss. This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife, Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind Aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself, body and soul. Elizabeth von Arnim's masterpiece, VERA is a forceful study of the power of men in marriage - and the weakness of women in love.