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Martha, Eric, and George: A Novel (The Martha Novels) Kindle Edition

by Margery Sharp (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 83 ratings

Book 3 of 3: The Martha Novels

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After ten years, a successful painter returns to Paris and the son she left behind on her ex-lover’s doorstep, in Margery Sharp’s sparkling novel that features the artistic heroine of Martha in Paris

After studying with le maître in Paris for a year, Martha returned to England to pursue her artistic destiny. Ten years later, she is an enormous success. But when she returns to Paris to attend an exhibition of her work, she must face some unfinished business she left behind: her ten-year-old son, George. Raised by his doting grandmother and his disinterested father, Eric, George attends his mother’s exhibition and Martha realizes she may well have met her match—a member of the opposite sex who will not let her go through life unencumbered.

Martha, Eric, and George is a witty and poignant novel about the indelible bond between mother and child, and the creative spark that can light up a life.

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“Amusing, enjoyable, Miss Sharp is a born storyteller.” —The Times (London)

“[A] romp—easy reading and fun.” —booksandbuttons

Praise for Margery Sharp
“Sharp has a touch all her own when it comes to taking on social class, sex and its consequences, and the changes that the 20th century brought to both those arenas, most especially for women. She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy.” —The New York Times

“One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today.” —Chicago Daily News

“Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer.” —The New Yorker

“[Sharp’s] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller.” —Elizabeth Bowen

“It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots.” —The Saturday Review of Literature

About the Author

Margery Sharp is renowned for her sparkling wit and insight into human nature, both of which are liberally displayed in her critically acclaimed social comedies of class and manners. Born in Yorkshire, England, Sharp wrote pieces for Punch magazine after attending college and art school. In 1930, she published her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, and in 1938, married Maj. Geoffrey Castle. Sharp wrote twenty-six novels, three of which—Britannia Mews, Cluny Brown, and The Nutmeg Tree—were made into feature films, and fourteen children’s books, including The Rescuers, which was adapted into two Disney animated films.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01C54MKII
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (April 12, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 12, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1949 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 138 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,027,147 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,289 in British & Irish Literary Fiction
- #1,600 in Humorous Literary Fiction
- #5,953 in General Humorous Fiction

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Savannah Inez

I love her books

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017

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Wry. Witty as all get out. Great vocabulary and sentence structure......What more is there to say except that Amazon required nine more words when I was already done at nine fewer than what is required? Great book. Dumb policy.

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Dancin' Heavy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016

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Although I didn't like the Martha in Paris book, I did like this one.

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P. Shropshire

Satisfying wrap-up to the Martha trilogy!

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2016

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This book picks up 10 years after the end of Martha in Paris and answers all the unanswered questions. Aunt Dolores (and presumably Harry, although he isn't mentioned) has passed on - Martha being Martha didn't attend the funeral because she was busy working.

Finally, after 10 years of hard work and moderate success, Martha is ready for a Paris show, agrees le maître and Mr. Joyce. Mr. Joyce, now 80, had intended to accompany her, but had a stroke on the eve of their departure. So Martha goes alone.

She is a smashing success and becomes an instant celebrity; however, this also makes inevitable a collision with her past.

Eric finds her. She meets 10-year-old George who, although he still looks like Eric, certainly inherited some personality traits from Martha.

Her stay in Paris is abruptly ended when she receives a telegram that Mr. Joyce has had another stroke. She rushes back to England. She finally realizes that she truly loves Mr. Joyce. She tells him all about George. Mr. Joyce dies in her arms. She acknowledges that she will go back to Paris and bring George back to England with here.

Martha hasn't really changed. She is still as work-centered as ever. She has, however, perhaps softened just a bit - maturity, perhaps. She is a marvelously interesting character.

One thing I found so funny. Martha is described as "stout," "outsize," and her figure as columnar, without a waist. She is 10(!) stone which is 140 pounds. 140 pounds, unless one is 4 feet tall, is NOT fat!!!

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D. S.

ENGAGING STORY, WRITING

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018

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Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018

Another of Sharp's witty novels. This is the third and final novel in the Martha series, and I loved it. Martha may seem heartless and concerned only with her career as a painter, but she meets her match in George, her 10-year-old son, whom she abandoned as an infant. Her love affair with Eric (whose real attraction was a full bathroom) resulted in an infant, whom she left on Eric's doorstop and disappeared. Unable to shake Eric, she has to deal with him and her son, who has a strange appeal for her. She has to decide how much she will allow him to interfere with her life as a successful painter.

I really enjoyed this novel. Martha should be a unsympathetic character, yet if she were a man, her dedication to living the life of a painter would not be unusual. It is because she is a woman and a mother that we judge her differently. This novel challenges our assumptions about maternity and careers, while entertaining us. One of Sharp's best.

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AMB

Another unapologetic heroine

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018

Sharp reliably supplies the reader with women tough enough to resist at least some of patriarchy ' s blandishments...the comedy always at the expense of the people who expect them to aubmit to convention. Not as good as Mr that in Paris but I did want to know how she turned out so I forgive it.

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Lyn

Margery Sharp is a great writer! She is very compassionate

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2016

Margery Sharp is a great writer! She is very compassionate.I really enjoyed this book.

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Pamela Rae

Bravo!👏

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021

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This was a wonderful conclusion to the Martha 3 book series! It was fun to watch Martha grow in this very ahead of its time story of a female who had always been focused on her love of art.

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Mart

Different. Delightful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2017

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Five stars - but only for Matha lovers. Start with The Eye of Love, get to know (and love) her, and then read this one. A winner.

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