Author: Mary E. Hughes. Published by First Choice Books, Victoria, BC., 2018, 1st. Edition. Flat Signed by the Author on the title page. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with a small stain on top-center of first 6 pages, does not affect printing. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.5 x 6 inch, 254 pages.ย
IMAGINING VIOLET, by Mary E. Hughes, is about the intimate letters of an Anglo-Irish girl writing about her musical and romantic adventures at the Liepzig Conservatory in the 1890's.
On her own in Germany, 16 year old Violet Courtenaye prepares to audition at the prestigious Leipzig Conservatory. If she succeeds, she will be one step closer to her dream of becoming a concert violinist. But it's 1891, and women violinists rarely perform in public. But Violet is one determined young lady who chafes at convention while reveling in the new found freedom of student life in the old city. There she faces the challenges of fickle but handsome tutors, quirky landladies, and demanding teachers. She falls in love with a young Canadian pianist but her proper Victorian parents deem the match unsuitable.
