Kirsteen : The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Paperback / softback
by Margaret Oliphant
Edited by Anne M. Scriven
Part of the ASLS Annual Volumes series
Paperback / softback
Description
Kirsteen is the tale of a young woman from an old but impoverished Argyllshire family who escapes her domineering father and seeks her independence.
Kirsteen's options appear to be unpaid drudgery at home, or a loveless marriage.
Rejecting both, she escapes to London where she makes a living through her own innate craft and skill.
Though scorned by her family for choosing to work as a mantua-maker, Kirsteen becomes highly successful in the life she carves out for herself.
Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel whose powerful voice, narrative drive and ironic exposure of injustice and hypocrisy provide a fascinating perspective on women in Victorian society. First published in 1890, and written by Queen Victoria's favourite novelist Margaret Oliphant, Kirsteen is a deep, rich novel by an author at the height of her powers.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Publication Date:15/12/2010
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- ISBN:9780948877995
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Publication Date:15/12/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780948877995
