Broad and intimate letters reveal a woman's bold questions about love, power, and independence. This collection follows a worldly narrator as she writes her way through desire, ambition, and the choices that shape a life. Through personal correspondence, the book explores how love can collide with career, social duty, and self-discovery.
- Experience a candid, first-person voice that moves between tenderness and cool calculation.
- See how relationships test loyalties, reveal weaknesses, and spark self-advancement.
- Discover a vivid sense of place and era as the narrator navigates urban and country life, society, and family.
- Encounter themes of autonomy, ambition, and the costs of choosing one’s own path.
Ideal for readers who enjoy epistolary fiction, character-driven storytelling, and historical romance with a modern edge.
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These be three women who loved the world :not meaning (at least two of them) the pomps and vanities, but the round world itself and the people who belong to it. All had the bandage lifted from their eyes, and as they became wise proved how sad a thing is wisdom. The first tried to comfort herself with dreams ;and waits hoping that they will find their way into the waking-hours. The second played an eager, restless game, staking all her happiness on it; and perhaps gained most when she had lost it. The third looked up at sorrow, and, seeing a little way beyond, set out on a journey; but she does not know yet where it will end. And the moral is but morals are depressing even if they are edifying :let us leave them to the Preacher.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. Explore the complexities of love and relationships through three women's passionate, revealing and contradictory letters. A fascinating insight into late Victorian attitudes to class, women's roles and society's double standards, the author explores themes of independence, fulfillment and freedom with wit, candor and a razor-sharp understanding of human nature. Through the letters, readers will consider the price of societal expectations and the value of following unconventional paths in pursuit of personal happiness. A bold and insightful novel that offers a unique perspective on the lives of women in the late 19th century, this book remains relevant and thought-provoking over a century later. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330895931_0
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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781330895931
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