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Full Description
Virginia and Alice Madden are 'odd women', growing old alone in Victorian England with no prospect of finding love. Forced into poverty by the sudden death of their father, they lead lives of quiet desperation in a genteel boarding house in London. Meanwhile, their younger sister Monica, struggles to endure a loveless marriage she agreed to as her only escape from spinsterhood. But when the Maddens meet an old friend, Rhoda Nunn, they are soon made aware of the depth of their oppression. Astonishingly ahead of its time, The Odd Women is a pioneering work of early feminism. Gissing's depiction of the daring feminist Rhoda Nunn, it is an unflinching portrayal of one woman's struggle to reconcile her own desires with her deepest principles.
Contents
The fold and the shepherd; adrift; an independent woman; Monica's majority; the casual acquaintance; a camp of the reserve; a social advance; cousin Everard; the simple faith; first principles; at nature's bidding; weddings; discord of leaders; motives meeting; the joys of home; health from the sea; the triumph; a reinforcement; the clank of the chains; the first lie; towards the decisive; honour in difficulties; in ambush; tracked; the fate of the ideal; the unideal tested; the reascent; the burden of futile souls; confession and counsel; retreat with honour; a new beginning.
