A legacy by sybille bedford

I received an advanced review copy of this novel from the publisher through Edelweiss.

My Review:
This is the satirical yet poignant story of two wealthy European families living in Pre-World War I Germany.  The first cast of characters that are described are from the Merz family, who are of Jewish descent and live together in an opulent home in Berlin.  In addition to the matriarch and patriarch of the family, sons, daughters, uncles and in-laws all live under the same roof.  Their youngest daughter, Melanie, marries an older man named Julius who is originally from the countryside and whose family is Catholic.  As one can image, many comical discussions about religion and family matters involving religion, take place as a result of this Jewish-Catholic marriage.

Julius’ family, the Feldens, are the other family described at length in A LEGACY.  The Feldens are landed gentry living in the South and their Catholic roots go back fo

Amazon.com: A Legacy: 9781582431420: Bedford, Sybille: Books

Sybille Bedford was born in 1911, in Charlottenburg, Germany, and was brought up in Italy, England, and France.

Sybille Bedford - Wikipedia

A Legacy is a semi-autobiographical novel by Sybille Bedford first published in 1956.

Sybille Bedford: A Legacy - The Mookse and the Gripes

The Kaiser's Germany is the setting of Sybille Bedford's first and best-known novel, in which two families-one from solid, upholstered Jewish Berlin, the other from the somnolent, agrarian Catholic South -become comically, tragically, irrevocably intertwined.

Review: A Legacy by Sybille Bedford - The Book Binder's Daughter

Portrayed with exquisite wit and acute observation, their personal upheavals and tragedies are set against the menacing backdrop of a newly unified Germany.

A Legacy - Penguin Books UK

A Legacy, Bedford's second book and first novel, was published in 1956 and successfully televised by the BBC in 1975.