An once-celebrated society beauty nearing fifty confronts fading looks and revisits old admirers in a wry novel about aging and self-worth.
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An once-celebrated society beauty nearing fifty confronts fading looks and revisits old admirers in a wry novel about aging and self-worth.
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'Beauty; beauty. What was the good of beauty, once it was over? It left nothing behind it but acid regrets, and no heart at all to start fresh.' Approaching the watershed of her fiftieth birthday, Fanny, having long ago divorced Mr Skeffington and dismissed him from her thoughts for many years, is surprised to find herself thinking of him often. While attempting to understand this invasion, she meets, through a series of coincidences and deliberate actions, all those other men whose hearts she b...
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Sexual content
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Past affairs and romantic conquests recalled; no explicit scenes
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Recurring themes of beauty standards, aging, and women's social roles
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Marital infidelity and divorce referenced; emotional strain of illness
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