Alice Vavasor grapples with her feelings for two suitors in this exploration of love and societal expectations within Victorian society. The narrative also delves into the experiences of two other independent women, showcasing their struggles and choices. Enhanced by an introduction and notes, this edition illuminates the tensions of the era, providing a deeper understanding of the characters' dilemmas and the societal norms they navigate.
First edition. A discussion of both well-known and obscure autobiographies, which implicitly ask and attempt to answer the How did I come to be what I am?" Accordingly, he lays special stress on childhood and on those writers who came to question or deny all they had been taught. Includes the famous, like John Ruskin, Thomas De Quincey, Christopher Milne, Beatrice Webb, and C.S. Lewis, as well as leser known figures like Katherine Tait, Bertrand Russell's daughter, and Harriette Wilson, a fashionable courtesan of the early 19th century. x , 222 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..