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Five odd women—women without husbands—are the subject of this powerful novel, graphically set in Victorian London, by a writer whose perceptions about people, particularly women, would be remarkable in any age and are extraordinary in the 1890's. The story concerns the choices that five different women make or are forced to make, and what those choices imply about men's and women's place in society and relationship to each other.
Alice and Virginia Madden, suddenly left adrift by the death of their improvident father, must take grinding and humiliating "genteel" work. Pretty, vulnerable, and terrified of sharing their fate, their younger sister Monica accepts a proposal of marriage from a man who gives her financial security but drives her to reckless action by his insane jealousy.
Interwoven with their fortunes are Mary Barfoot and Rhoda Nunn, who are dedicating their lives to training young women for independent and useful lives, for emotional as well as economic freedom. Feminine and spirited, they are seeking not to overthrow men but to free both sexes from everything that distorts or depletes their humanity—including, if necessary, marriage. Into their lives comes Mary's engaging and forceful cousin Everard Barfoot, and as he and Rhoda become locked in an increasingly significant and passionate struggle, Rhoda finds out through the refining fire what "love" sometimes means, and what it means to be true to herself.
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Fiction, Women, Middle class women, Single women, Employment, Sisters, Sources, History, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Single women, fiction, Sisters, fiction, Friendship, fiction, London (england), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, Fiction, family life, general, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Sex rolePlaces
London (England), England, Great BritainTimes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-416).
Includes historical documents and passages from other publications contemporary with the featured work.
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