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Indlæser... The Convert (1905)af Elizabeth Robins
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Vida Levering, lovely and cultured member of the British upper class, is drawn by degrees into the women's suffrage movement. As her involvement deepens and she works to educate herself about the sufferings of poor women, it becomes gradually clear that she has a dark secret. She attracts the attention of beautiful, young and rich Jean, who is engaged to an influential politician, who is prevailed upon to help. This is an interesting book but there are large sections of polemic which are slow. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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This novel, first published in 1907, brings to life Robin's experience and that of her colleagues, Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst, in the story of Vida Levering, an upper-class British woman "converted" to the working-class suffrage movement. In a suspenseful plot, Robins contrasts the witty dialogue of elegant drawing rooms with the rough-and-tumble outdoor meetings of Trafalgar Square, recreating them almost word for word from actual accounts. Ultimately, Vida begins to make her own first speeches and out of the tragic events of her past devises a means of effecting women's political freedom. Jane Marcus puts this "funny, moving, and beautifully structured novel" in a class with Virginia Woolf's Night and Day. No library descriptions found. |
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