The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
1902
A young woman with a famous name and no money. That's what Ambrosine has inherited from her father, the rogue who lost everything in Paris and left his daughter and mother to fend for themselves in England. Now she lives with her formidable grandmother, maintaining the rituals of aristocracy while their funds dwindle to nothing. The solution: marriage to Augustus Gurrage, a vulgar man of new money who wants to buy his way into respectability. But Ambrosine has caught the eye of two very different men. The Marquis de Rochermont, whose intensity disturbs her, and the charming Sir Antony Thornhirst, who sees her clearly. Glyn's debut novel captures a woman caught between society's demands and her own longings. Written in 1902, it pulses with forbidden desire and quiet rebellion. This is Edwardian England where a woman's choices are only as free as her purse allows, and Ambrosine must decide what she's willing to sacrifice. For readers who crave sharp, sensuous fiction about women who refuse to be silent about what they want.
