Victorian High Society
Title | Victorian High Society PDF eBook |
Author | Stella Margetson |
Publisher | Holmes & Meier Publishers |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Rise of Respectable Society
Title | The Rise of Respectable Society PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674772854 |
'The Rise of Respectable Society' offers a new map of this territory as revealed by close empirical studies of marriage, the family, domestic life, work, leisure and entertainment in 19th century Britain.
Middlemarch
Title | Middlemarch PDF eBook |
Author | George Elliott |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 2009-03-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1425040527 |
An extraordinary masterpiece written from personal experience, Middlemarch is a deep psychological observation of human nature that revolves around the issues of love, jealousy, and obligation. Eliot's feminist views are apparent through the novel: she stresses the fact that women should control their own lives.
High Society
Title | High Society PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Horn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Prostitution and Victorian Society
Title | Prostitution and Victorian Society PDF eBook |
Author | Judith R. Walkowitz |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1982-10-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521270649 |
A study of alliances between prostitutes and femminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police.
From Spinster to Career Woman
Title | From Spinster to Career Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Arlene Young |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-05-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0773558489 |
The late Victorian period brought a radical change in cultural attitudes toward middle-class women and work. Anxiety over the growing disproportion between women and men in the population, combined with an awakening desire among young women for personal and financial freedom, led progressive thinkers to advocate for increased employment opportunities. The major stumbling block was the persistent conviction that middle-class women - "ladies" - could not work without relinquishing their social status. Through media reports, public lectures, and fictional portrayals of working women, From Spinster to Career Woman traces advocates' efforts to alter cultural perceptions of women, work, class, and the ideals of womanhood. Focusing on the archetypal figures of the hospital nurse and the typewriter, Arlene Young analyzes the strategies used to transform a job perceived as menial into a respected profession and to represent office work as progressive employment for educated women. This book goes beyond a standard examination of historical, social, and political realities, delving into the intense human elements of a cultural shift and the hopes and fears of young women seeking independence. Providing new insights into the Victorian period, From Spinster to Career Woman captures the voices of ordinary women caught up in the frustrations and excitements of a new era.
Lady Helena Investigates
Title | Lady Helena Investigates PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Steen |
Publisher | Aspidistra Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2018-03-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0995748438 |
A reluctant lady sleuth finds she's investigating her own family. 1881, Sussex. With a drowned husband—the second love lost—an overbearing family, no longed-for child, and the responsibility of a huge baroque mansion, it's not surprising Lady Helena Whitcombe is overwhelmed. When attractive, mysterious, French physician Armand Fortier disturbs her first weeks of mourning with his theory of murder, Helena's reluctant and ineffective attempts at investigation are hardly life-changing—until the resulting revival in her long-abandoned herbalist studies bring her into confrontation with her past and her family's. Can Lady Helena survive bereavement the second time around? Can she stand up to her six siblings' assumption of the right to control her new life as a widow? And what role will Fortier—who, as a physician, is a most unsuitable companion for an earl's daughter—play in her investigations? Every family has its secrets. The Scott-De Quincy family has more than most.