![]() ![]() ![]() Mischievous, willful, and daring, Sophie gambles recklessly and rides horses like a man. ![]() At first, Max is lured by Sophie's beauty and his affectionate memories of their shared childhood, but she is nothing like the vision of angelic domesticity Max was expecting. Yet Wolfgang has an ulterior motive: he wants his brother to consider Countess Sophie von Hahn, daughter of a wealthy family friend, as a potential wife. Enthralling and intelligent, she soon has Max bewitched. When Max's bad habits get out of hand, Wolfgang sends him to Homburg, to attend to a celebrity author-the enigmatic Sibyl, also known as George Eliot. Clever, irresponsible Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as the older, wiser, Wolfgang is of making a profit. The Duncker brothers, Max and Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business in the city. ![]()
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