The Buccaneers
18 hrs. 1 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Edith Wharton
Author
Edith Wharton
Narrator
Veronika Zhukova
Narrator
Veronika Zhukova
Description
In 1870, five young and wealthy American women—Nell, Conchita, Jenny, Lizzy, and Mabel—set off for London in order to conquer high society. Young Conchita marries the English lord Richard, and, after a lavish wedding, he invites her friends—Nell, Jenny, Lizzy, and Mabel—to live in London and attend a debutantes’ ball. But life in the Old World turns out to be far from simple: their free-spiritedness and spirit of novelty don’t sit well with arrogant Englishmen. Complex relationships, intrigue, and a struggle for independence arise among the characters in a society where women are only just beginning to win back their rights.
Edith Wharton’s progressive novel, in many ways ahead of its time, shows the intersection of two cultures: American freedom and novelty with the long-established traditions of British aristocracy. In the heroines’ fates, we see the clash of cultures, social inequality, and the constraints imposed by society on women of that era. This is a story of coming of age, finding oneself, and love, in which personal ambitions and social expectations become intertwined.
The author died in 1937. She finished the novel “The Buccaneers” in Chapter 29, leaving plot outlines that make it possible to understand how the fates of the five heroines of the novel took shape. Nearly 60 years later, based on the remaining outlines, literary scholar and writer Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015) completed the novel.
For fans of “period dramas,” “Bridgerton,” and novels by Jane Austen.
In 2023, Apple TV+ launched the drama series “The Buccaneers.”
Edith Wharton’s progressive novel, in many ways ahead of its time, shows the intersection of two cultures: American freedom and novelty with the long-established traditions of British aristocracy. In the heroines’ fates, we see the clash of cultures, social inequality, and the constraints imposed by society on women of that era. This is a story of coming of age, finding oneself, and love, in which personal ambitions and social expectations become intertwined.
The author died in 1937. She finished the novel “The Buccaneers” in Chapter 29, leaving plot outlines that make it possible to understand how the fates of the five heroines of the novel took shape. Nearly 60 years later, based on the remaining outlines, literary scholar and writer Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015) completed the novel.
For fans of “period dramas,” “Bridgerton,” and novels by Jane Austen.
In 2023, Apple TV+ launched the drama series “The Buccaneers.”
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