A Perfect Woman Author:L. P. Hartley Alec Goodrich, the well-known novelist, entered the Eastwoods' suburban home in Marshport as a family friend and benefactor. Harold, the providing husband, acquired a useful client - who reassured him that writers are, as he had always thought, shockingly unbusinesslike. Isabel, the wife, who had never before suspected herself of Bovarysm, fou... more »nd a debonaire and cultivated spirit, irresponsible as Harold was dependable, whose sentimental affairs were apparently as great a shambles as his account books - and in need of an understanding woman's care.
How Isabel Eastwood, athirst for the blithe atmosphere that Alec brought to her home, sets out on a sentimental adventure beyond the boundaries of her experience is the subject of this endearing comedy by L.P. Hartley.« less