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KIRSTEEN
THE STORY OF A SCOTCH FAMILY SEVENTY YEARS AGO |
| By: |
Mrs. Oliphant, Anne M. Scriven (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
0948877995 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780948877995 |
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| Publisher: |
ASSOCIATION FOR SCOTTISH LITERARY STUDIES |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2010 |
| Series: |
ASLS Annual Volumes No. 4 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Kirsteen, from an old but impoverished family, rebels against her father and flees to London. Against the odds she finds work, striving for independence against a world determined to drag her down. Written in the late 1800s, Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel in its treatment of women and work. |
| Synopsis: |
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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UK |
| Imprint: |
Association for Scottish Literary Studies |
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