'A beautifully written debut set in Victorian London. How far should they go to win personal freedoms? And how high a price are they willing to pay for a new way of living? Meanwhile Henry Elliss wife Edith has fallen in love with Angelica - and Angelica wants Edith all to herself. The book is impressively researched, imagined, and written, and is based on the lives of Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds. After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John Addington, married to Catherine, has met Frank, a working-class printer. 'A New Life' by Tom Crewe is a 400-page quasi-historical fiction that has received a lot of deserved acclaim.

Their daring book threatens to throw John and Henry, and all those around them, into danger. A richly detailed, insightful, and dramatic debut novel, The New Life is an unforgettable portrait of two men, a city, and a generation discovering the nature and limits of personal freedom as the 20th century comes into view. Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership. Meanwhile Henry is sure that his unconventional marriage will bring freedom.Ī shared vision for the future brings John and Henry together to write a revolutionary book in defiance of convention and the law.

After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John Addington, married to Catherine, has met Frank, a working-class printer. After a lifetime navigating his desires, John has found a man who returns his feelings. The New Life Tom Crewe 3.94 1,352 ratings304 reviews Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership. John, one of the protagonists of Tom Crewe’s novel, The New Life, is a gay man living in mid-1890s England, married to a woman, suffocating under the weight of the unhappy life he’s. He has a PhD in nineteenth century British history from the University of Cambridge. * Featured in The Observer 10 best new novelists for 2023 * 'Beautifully crafted' Sunday Times * 'Powerful ' Telegraph * 'Virtuoso' Guardian * 'Brims with intelligence and insight' New York Times * 'A very fine new writer' Kate Atkinson * Tom Crewe is the author of The New Life, a Winter/Spring 2023 Indies Introduce adult selection and a January 2023 Indie Next List pick.

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