Mrs. Maxon Protests (Facsimile Edition) - Couverture souple

Hope, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434407217 ISBN 13 : 9781434407214

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2024

Synopsis

Anthony Hope, born Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), was an English novelist and playwright best known for his adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894). This work became a popular example of the "Ruritanian romance" genre, set in a fictional European kingdom, blending elements of political intrigue, romance, and swashbuckling action. The novel's success led to several adaptations in film and theatre.

Known for his vivid storytelling and engaging plots, Anthony Hope's influence on adventure fiction endures, though he is primarily remembered for his contributions to the Ruritanian romance subgenre.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In "Mrs. Maxon Protests" Hope has presented with his usual brilliancy a study of the false position incurred by a thoroughly good woman when she defies fundamental conventionalities. Mrs. Maxon's marriage is a failure, so is her attempt to find satisfaction outside the marriage tie. And, as she exclaims, "If both orthodoxy and unorthodoxy go wrong, what is a poor human woman to do?" Mr. Hawkins' answer to this provides an interesting examination of the complexities of the divorce and separation question, and although he attempts no definite solution, his discussion exploits many suggestive theories of social philosophy. He touches a fundamental factor for solution when one of his characters remarks: "That's to some extent like the woman question—are we to change the law or the people first? Hope a better law will make better people, or tell the people they can't have a better law till they're better themselves?" The two quotations are inevitably two questions—because the book itself is precisely a long and brilliantly expressed question.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434407217
• ISBN 13: 9781434407214
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Schabelitz R F
• Nombre de pages: 386
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• Personne responsable: non disponible