Aristocracy

The territory occupied by the district of Retiro was also located extra muros, before the knocking down of the walls and was marked by the use of large parts of its space by the monarchy (royal palace and gardens of the “Buen Retiro”) and by the aristocracy. 157 As it had happened in the Chamberí district, the neighbourhood of Ibiza was fully developed by private promoters. The very existence of the Retiro park (that somehow insulated the area from the center of the city), and its location at the

his eyes. His mind lived in that period before the Civil War when the Talbots owned thousands of acres of fine cotton land and the slaves to till them; when the family mansion was the scene of princely hospitality, and drew its guests from the aristocracy of the South. Out of that period he had brought all its old pride and scruples of honor, an antiquated and punctilious politeness, and (you would think) its wardrobe. Such clothes were surely never made within fifty years. The Major was tall, but

mentioned. Instead the novel depicts more gradual changes as a new generation arises in the 1930s to challenge the life patterns and beliefs of their elders. There is a certain amount of nostalgia in it for the departed glittering world of the old aristocracy; but that is balanced by profound criticisms of their way of life, particularly in its effects on the lives of women. For those who enjoy detailed evocations of upper-class settings in the past, it thus combines the pleasures of nostalgia with sharp

Harvard Business School, New York, Warner, 1986. Jim Kelly et Julia Davies, “An In-House MBA Programme That Really Took Off ”, Personnel Management 26, n° 9 (1994), p. 30-33. Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler, 2001. John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1936. Louise Keys, “Action Learning: Executive Development of Choice for the 1990s”, Journal of Management

Harvard Business School, New York, Warner, 1986. Jim Kelly et Julia Davies, “An In-House MBA Programme That Really Took Off ”, Personnel Management 26, n° 9 (1994), p. 30-33. Marjorie Kelly, The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler, 2001. John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, New York, Harcourt Brace, 1936. Louise Keys, “Action Learning: Executive Development of Choice for the 1990s”, Journal of Management