# The Thinking Reed

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- Authors: [Rebecca West](https://www.bookquiver.com/rebecca-west)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1984-05-24

## Description

Isabelle is beautiful, immensely rich and a widow at the age of twenty-six. In 1928 she leaves America for Cannes and Paris in search of high society - and love. For though outwardly she has everything women dream of, inside she craves the peace of a lasting marriage. To find the kind of love she needs Isabelle must choose between three men: her violent, fascinating lover, the aristocrat Andre de Verviers; a reserved plantation owner from the Deep South, Laurence Vernon; and the eccentric millionaire Marc Sellafranque... First published in 1936, this is Rebecca West's most popular work of fiction: at once a masterful portrayal of the brilliance and decadence of high society in the 1920s, and a poignant and compassionate portrait of one woman's life and loves.

## Editions

### The Thinking Reed

- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-08-6068-498-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1984-05-24
- Language: en_GB