| Title | : | The Good Girl |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Vincent O'Sullivan |
| Release | : | 2013-06-06 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 529307 |
| Vincent O’Sullivan (1868–1940) was born into a prosperous Irish American family in New York and moved to London as a child. Vincent spent much of his life in the demi-monde world that is the setting of The Good Girl. While in Paris he was friends with Oscar Wilde, Leonard Smithers, Aubrey Beardsley and other fin-de-siècle personalities. The Good Girl was first published in 1912 to a mixed reception. Some newspapers described it as “revolting”, “unclean” and “ugly and depressing”. Many authors of the time thought it distinctive and a work of genius. The writer Robert Aickman wrote of O’Sullivan that: “The curious should try to find a copy of his novel, The Good Girl. The quest is difficult, but the product distinctive … having lived a longish life as a more or less well-to-do rentier, in latish middle age found himself ruined, wrote his last book under terrible conditions, and, dying in Paris, ended anonymously in the common pit for the cadavers of paupers.” A contemporary review of the book by the New York Times is included for historical interest. This new edition by Solis Press has been completely reset in fresh type. |
