FREE BUTTERFIELD 8 PDF John O'Hara | 240 pages | 01 Apr 2008 | Vintage Publishing | 9780099518334 | English | London, United Kingdom BUtterfield 8 (novel) - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. BUtterfield 8 Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling BUtterfield 8 about the problem. Return to Book Page. BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara. Fran Lebowitz Introduction. A bestseller upon its publication inBUtterfield 8 was inspired by a news account of the discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman washed up on a Long Island beach. Was it an accident, a murder, a suicide? BUtterfield 8 brash honesty and a flair for the unconventional, BUtterfield 8 lays bare the BUtterfield 8 and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. The result is a masterpiece of American fiction. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 1st by Modern Library first published More Details Original BUtterfield 8. Gloria BUtterfield 8Weston Liggett. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about BUtterfield 8please sign up. Does the term Butterfield 8 actually appear anywhere in the BUtterfield 8 Todd Carney I just finished reading the book and no, I don't believe "BUtterfield 8" appears anywhere in the novel. See 1 question about BUtterfield 8…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More BUtterfield 8. Sort order. Start your review of BUtterfield 8. However, like Yates, Fitzgerald, and Selby Jr, O'Hara portrays a New York with BUtterfield 8 harsh realities, BUtterfield 8 the city's BUtterfield 8 would rather just brush unsavory events under the Persian carpet. Considering this was published in it's BUtterfield 8 open and frank on it's subjects, leadin 3. Considering this was published in it's pretty open and frank BUtterfield 8 it's subjects, leading to an uncomfortable in places but quite addictive read, which featured some great use of dialogue that goes BUtterfield 8 in arm with the people it represents. It's depression era New York, where big hitters took big risks and ended up with nothing, work is hard to come by, and trouble is rife on the streets, BUtterfield 8 of course BUtterfield 8 part of the Yale crowd who seemingly go on having good times whilst others continually struggle. Can't think of any other book that starts in such a way. The focal point is of two, The heroine if you could call her that Gloria Wandrous, a young woman endowed with beauty, a strong libido, and sexual experience who is neither a dirty fantasy nor a femme fatale BUtterfield 8 put it simplistically. Then there's Weston Liggett, upper class, married with daughters, flawed and a bit ridiculous, who becomes hooked on Gloria. Through a grotesque series of coincidences and abrupt decisions, we see the two go about trying to patch up a night spent together, where Gloria wakes alone, finds her clothes torn, and leaves in the expensive mink coat of Liggett's wife. Gloria, we learn as the story progresses was abused as a BUtterfield 8, and thus may explain behaviour, which is at times wild, she is not only a victim but an enthusiastic consumer of sex, while still being an empathetic if doomed character that must have been revolutionary for the year the book was published. This is not least because so much of BUtterfield 8 sex and sexuality in the book is rendered from the woman's point of view. Sitting in the background are themes of money, the great depression, and business, which adds a bit more depth to the story, and O'Hara is good at conveying the tense, edgy atmosphere of New BUtterfield 8 City at this time, when so many fearfully hoped that the Crash's aftermath was nearing its end and recovery would soon blossom, a time of waiting and hoping. But it's Gloria who really leaves the mark, BUtterfield 8 her sexual freedom, hanging out in speakeasies, matching the men she meets drink for drink, and yet she also has a kind and tender friendship with Eddie Brunner he loves her, she doesn't really love himwe see her when she is at her most vulnerable, but also when confidently strong. I don't think O'Hara is in the BUtterfield 8 class as the writers I mentioned before, he doesn't cut through bread with the sharpest of knives, however, I find a men writing of women far more appealing than women BUtterfield 8 of men, and it's impressive the way he conducts human relationships, and his sympathetic and revealing characterisation of Gloria, she loves Liggett can't see whybut maybe more in the father figure BUtterfield 8, someone to make her feel special after her abused childhood. BUtterfield 8 admit, even though I didn't always like her, I admired her will to live free, have fun, and face the consequences later. Which unfortunately she does, so no happy endings here. View all 10 comments. Feb 22, Chrissie rated it really liked it Shelves: hfaudible- ukclassicsnycread. BUtterfield 8 liked this a lot, so BUtterfield 8 must give it four stars. That isn't to say you will too. I will attempt to explain BUtterfield 8 and what the book is about BUtterfield 8 why it spoke to me. I want to give you the feel of the book. John O'Hara has in this novel imagined how BUtterfield 8 came to be that on June 8, the body of Marian Starr Faithfull, a beautiful young promiscuous socialite, liberal with drugs and drink, was discovered washed up on Long Beach, Long Island, New York. Accident, murder or suicide? The circumstances we I liked this a lot, so I must give it four stars. The circumstances were never resolved. Several novels have been written too. She won an Oscar for her role. The movie, the novels and what is actually known about the Starr Faithfull case all differ one from the other. Look at the title. Are you wondering why the BUtterfield 8 is capitalized? BU refers to the telephone exchange number that went to the residences in a ritzy district of the Upper East Side of Manhattan. This is a novel where the characters are loose with their morals, drinking and sex. The setting is a posh area in NYC, the year Architects, journalists, industrialists, an BUtterfield 8 author, Yale, Harvard and Princeton graduates hanging on to family name and wealth in the unstable years following the Great Depression and during the years of Prohibition—these are the protagonists. Times had been better, but the partying had not stopped. So how has the author managed to write about such people? Why is it that readers do not turn away in disgust? Gloria Wandrous, Weston Liggett and Eddie Brunner-- those are the three central characters to keep your eye on. Lots of characters are thrown at you BUtterfield 8 the beginning, and it can be BUtterfield 8 to make sense of what is happening. Be patient; you will recognize who is who soon. Even if the people perhaps do not live lives you admire, you can still come to like them. As BUtterfield 8 come to know what lies in their past, empathy and warm feelings BUtterfield 8. Gloria is just coping as best she can with what life has thrown at BUtterfield 8. I felt a warm spot in my heart for Gloria, despite what she does. Eddie is her best friend, and I liked him BUtterfield 8 lot too. Weston is not my favorite, but even he is not all bad through and BUtterfield 8. An author who can make you see the good in such characters is talented. The book contains sexual child abuse. There are both misogynist and racist statements. What is drawn is REAL life. If you cannot deal with that, the book is not for you. I like the realism. I do not mind reading about gritty life circumstances. The lines are bubbling over with humor. Dry humor that is sometimes satirical, sometime ironical, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. What do you think of this proposal of marriage? The dialogs stand out as being exceptionally well-crafted. The audiobook I listened to was narrated by Gretchen Mol. Her intonation for Gloria is so wonderful, I simply would not want any other narrator. I am glad to have listened to the audiobook rather than having read the paper format. Are you up to a book that presents real life in NYC in the early 30s? BUtterfield 8 - Wikipedia Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the BUtterfield 8 popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. Gloria Wondrous BUtterfield 8 in a luxurious bedroom that's not BUtterfield 8. The day and the movie are off to a roaring start. Moviegoers and Hollywood left a message of "Hurrah! Audiences made the film, co-starring Laurence Harvey and Eddie Fisher as BUtterfield 8 married lover and platonic friend who matter to Gloria, a box-office hit. And Taylor won her first BUtterfield 8 Actress Academy Award as the call girl BUtterfield 8 life comes with a complete set of BUtterfield 8 baggage. For a glossy, good time, don't call. Two beautiful unhappy people from opposite ends BUtterfield 8 Eisenhower era America are drawn together by an obsessive love that ends in tragic consequences.