Description
A lively, late-Victorian story of ambition and performance, this novel follows a young woman drawn into the glittering—and precarious—world of the stage through the example of her sister, an actress whose public life masks private struggles. As reputations are made and broken, the characters navigate family loyalty, social expectation, and the moral pressures that come with visibility and fame. With its sharp eye for character and society, the book explores themes of identity, gendered agency, and the cost of turning one’s self into a spectacle. Florence Marryat’s distinctive, stage-ready storytelling—shaped by her own experience in theatre and her broader interest in the unseen forces that govern human lives—gives the narrative a vivid immediacy and emotional bite.
Available Editions
paperback
Adamant Media Corporation
Published Jun 6, 2001
291 pages
ISBN: 9780543892034
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Details
First Published
1886
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for My Sister the Actress by Florence Marryat.