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The Boy in the Rain
- Author
- Stephanie Cowell
- Narrator
- Philip Battley
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 8 August 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Stephanie Cowell
- Narrator
- Philip Battley
- Duration
- 9 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9798350849882
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go. Robbie grows into an accomplished portraitist in the vivid London art world with the help of Anton's enchanting former wife, while Anton turns from his inherited wealth and connections to improve the conditions of the poor. But it is the Edwardian Era, and the law sentences homosexual men to prison with hard labor, following the tragic experience of Oscar Wilde. As Robbie and Anton's commitment to each other grows, the world about them turns to a more dangerous place.
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