As with much of her work, the setting is Ireland.

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. This is one of my favourite novels by Maeve Binchy. In Evening Class, as in her ten previous bestsellers, Maeve Binchy depicts all that is extraordinary about ordinary lives and reaffirms her title as one of the most adored storytellers of our day. Publication date 1996 Topics English fiction - 20th century, English fiction Publisher London : Orion Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Each person has a different reason for being there: There is Aiden himself, who is counting on the success of this class to make up for his waning career and family life then Signora, the professoressa, who followed the man she loved to a faraway country and waited twenty-three years for him Bill, the bank clerk and his spendthrift girlfriend, Lizzie Connie, the society hostess with an oddly empty calendar and Kathy, who takes the class at the urging of her sister, Fran, to relax from a demanding job, but who, through the people she meets, discovers a startling secret about her family that will change her future and the memories of her past.Īs the class progresses, we learn more about the participants, and become thoroughly absorbed in each of their lives, watching their relationships grow throughout the year and culminating in a magical viaggio to Italy. Evening Class: A Novel by Maeve Binchy Paperback 17.00 Paperback 17.00 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 0. She was also a speaker, loved for her humorous take on life in small towns of Ireland.

In Aiden Dunne's evening class, eight unlikely students gather every Tuesday and Thursday to learn Italian. Maeve Binchy was a columnist, playwright, short story writer, and novelist.

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