Celina
ISBN-13: 9781739778378
Author(s): Catherine Axelrad
Subjects: FYT
Publisher: Les Fugitives Ltd
Publisher Imprint: Les Fugitives Ltd
Publication Date: 18-07-2024
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£12.99
About the book
In the late 1850s, Celina, a young girl aged fifteen, takes up work as a maid for the Hugo family in Guernsey. There she encounters the delicate balance between the professional and the personal, and the obligations upon her as her livelihood is at stake. Celina navigates a life of hardship and loss, but not without crucial moments of pleasure and pride. In a voice full of the innocence of youth, yet studded with fine observations about her surroundings, her perspective offers a nuanced, potentially challenging portrait of the man and the artist. Axelrad's fictional account is based on cryptic notes found in Hugo's diaries as well as letters from his wife.