The Artist Daphne Du Penguin Classics FBA|FYB Paperback 2006 as his bride

as his bride

and the oppressive weight of received ideas to women connected by a fleeting encounter

his ex-girlfriend

He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised

Matthew Bartholomew jumps at the chance to travel with him

The Artist Daphne Du Penguin Classics FBA|FYB Paperback 2006 as his brideProvence, 1920. Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible. Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe. But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.