Summer's Lease is a novel, set predominantly in Italy, by Sir John Mortimer, author of the Rumpole novels. It was first published in 1988 and made into a British television mini-series, first shown in 1989. The name "Summer's Lease" comes from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The relevant line is And summer's lease hath all too short a date. The novel is divided into six parts: "Preparations, Arrival, First Week, Second Week, Third Week, The Return".
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Famous quotes containing the words summer and/or lease:
“So summer comes in the end to these few stains
And the rust and rot of the door through which she went.
The house is empty. But here is where she sat
To comb her dewy hair, a touchless light,
Perplexed by its darker iridescences.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)