Kirsteen : The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
ASLS Annual Volumes
ISBN-10
0948877995
ISBN-13
9780948877995
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Imprint
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 15th, 2010
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
580 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 13.80 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Historical fiction
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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.
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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