Description
In this quietly observant novel, Miss Williamson—an unmarried, middle-aged woman—moves through the routines of everyday life in the English countryside, where nothing seems to happen and yet everything is quietly felt. As her days unfold with small encounters and familiar comforts, her “divagations” reveal a mind alert to nuance: social expectations, personal independence, and the private meanings we attach to ordinary moments. With a gentle, witty sensibility, the book explores what it means to live without spectacle, and how inner life can be as eventful as any plot. Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s distinctive, lightly satirical style turns domestic realism into a thoughtful meditation on identity, class, and the quiet power of self-possession.
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paperback
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published May 22, 2016
126 pages
ISBN: 9781533397485
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First Published
1882
Language
eng
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