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Without her husband Frank - the victim of a fatal accident, Tilly Quentin's decision to turn 17 Brompton Grove into lodgings is a brave one, for it is against the rigid Victorian social code for a lady to go into trade. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312135602
ISBN13:9780312135607
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:1 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"
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Rated 4 starsMaking A Way In the World, 1860 style
By Thriftbooks.com User,
Rayner's story of Tilly's progress from sheltered child to a woman who must make her own way in London is an interesting episodic pilgrimage. The characters in the book ring true from Tilly's dominant father Austen, to her maid and nemesis Dorcus. As a period piece which tells the story of a woman in the late 1850's and early 1860's, it is an interesting study on the roles of women. When the fundamentalist lawyer visits...
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