A Suppressed Cry: The Short Life of a Victorian Daughter
Autor Victoria Glendinningen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 ian 2013
Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie was stifled in her desire for life and died at the age of twenty-two.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844089161
ISBN-10: 1844089169
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 200 x 131 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844089169
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 200 x 131 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Virago
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
A loving but clear-eyed portrait of a family and an era, this is Victoria Glendinning's first book.
'I always wanted everything so frantically, and I'm just the person that can't have them.'
Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie was stifled in her desire for life and died at the age of twenty-two.
'I always wanted everything so frantically, and I'm just the person that can't have them.'
Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie was stifled in her desire for life and died at the age of twenty-two.