Messenger

About This Novel

"The Messenger" is the masterpiece of the famous British novelist and critic L. P. Hartley, who won the Heinemann Foundation Award of the Royal Society. The film based on the book was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. One long and hot summer, 12-year-old Leo was invited to the Branham Manor at the home of his classmate Marcus. Out of love and gratitude for Marcus's beautiful sister Marianne, the young and innocent Leo kindly acted as a secret messenger between Marianne and Farmer Ted, but was shocked to discover a rebellious love affair between them regardless of the class gap. In the dangerous game of hidden desires between adults, Leo gets deeper and deeper until the tragic ending of Marianne and Ted's story makes him lose his memory... The work inherits the profound tradition of British literature, has superb language art and narrative skills, and is full of mysteries, hints, metaphors and allusions.

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