![]() On Chesil Beach is another masterwork from McEwana story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken. ![]() As they dine together in their room in an unassuming hotel on the Dorset coast, they are both. Ian McEwan has caught with understanding and compassion the innocence of Edward and Florence at a time when marriage was presumed to be the outward sign of maturity and independence. Word Count: 1876 On Chesil Beach concerns the wedding night of a young British couple in 1962. On Chesil Beach is a novel about many things: the British class system, changing mors, the slumber from which young people would awaken with the Beatles. Edward, eager for rapture, frets over Florences response to his advances and nurses a private fear of failure, while Florences anxieties run deeper: she is overcome by sheer disgust at the idea of physical contact, but dreads disappointing her husband when they finally lie down together in the honeymoon suite. ![]() ![]() At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their worries about the wedding night to come. Newly married that morning, both virgins, Edward and Florence arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University College of London, who unexpectedly wooed and won her heart. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement brilliantly illuminates the collision of sexual longing, Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. ![]() A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan, Paperback Barnes & Noble®. ![]()
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