Summary of A Legacy
In her novel “A Legacy,” Sybille Bedford traces the lives of two German upper-class families before 1914: the Jewish Merzes from Berlin and the aristocratic Catholic von Feldens from Baden (Feldkirch) in southern Germany, whose destinies become intertwined through marriage.
Reasons to read A LegacyÂ
Sybille Bedford’s novel “A Legacy” portrays two different but equally privileged families on the eve of the First World War. With wit and insight, the novel depicts German high society of a hundred years ago, including family dynamics and the importance of keeping up appearances. “A Legacy” was Bedford’s debut novel, inspired by her own upbringing in Germany at the start of the 20th century – it is a fictionalised account of her parents’ marriage. Sybille Bedford (born Sybille von Schoenebeck) was a German – British writer. In 1993, she received the Golden PEN Award for her lifetime services to literature.
Setting: Berlin, Baden (Germany) & France
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Original title: A Legacy
Year of publication: 1956
Nr of pages: 384
