Description
Patricia Kemball is a sharp, socially observant novel in which a young woman is pulled between rigid expectations and the influence of powerful men around her. As she falls for a man deemed unsuitable and begins to question the rules governing her life, her struggle becomes a fight for autonomy—one shaped by family pressure, class assumptions, and the realities of marriage. With a focus on failed unions and the many ways “respectability” can become a cage, the story explores themes of independence, gender power, and the cost of resisting a world determined to define you. Written in Eliza Lynn Linton’s incisive, often biting style, the novel offers a compelling look at how love and freedom collide in a society that rarely grants either freely.
Available Editions
paperback
Creative Media Partners, LLC
Published Jan 1, 2022
ISBN: 9781018908960
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First Published
1874
Language
eng
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