The Story of Avis
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Avis is a nineteenth-century painter who strives to keep herself free of marriage and entanglements. As a child, Avis decides that given a woman's options of marriage or being a "lady," "I think I'd rather keep dogs." She is caught all the same, by a "modern man" and through her life, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps describes the struggle of a woman to be wife, mother, and artist. Although Avis declares and her fiance agrees that she must not "resign my profession...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813510996
ISBN13:9780813510996
Release Date:June 1985
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
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Avis needs psychological help with children and husband
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Anyone out there that can help me in trying to explain with the psychological struggle she went through with her children, husband, career,and life in general would be appreciated.
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