The Daughter: A Novel Based on the Life of Eleanor Marx - Hardcover

THE DAUGHTER: A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF ELEANOR MARX.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. vii, [i], 216. Original publisher's turquoise cloth-backed boards. Cream pictorial dust jacket lettered black on spine and covers. Presentation copy: 'February 26, 1993 for Ann [MacEwen] Ñ Dollie's [Radford] granddaughter, as [?] I discover with delight! With all good wishes, Judith.' 7 pp. loosely inserted consisting of a rough synopsis with references to passages in the book handwritten in biro by Chernaik on ruled notepaper torn from an A4 spiral bound pad. The final page lists some of the issues the book raises such as class struggle, male dominance and women's suffrage. 2 pp., recto only loosely inserted of rough notes on Michael Hastings book 'Tussy is Me' a novel about Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling handwritten in biro on A5 ruled paper torn from a spiral bound pad. Ernest William Radford (1857 Ð 1919) was secretary of the Rhymer's Club group of poets, a critic, socialist and a follower of William Morris and one of the organisers of the Arts and Craft Movement. He married Caroline Maitland (1858 Ð 1920) aka Dollie Radford a poet and writer and a close friend of Eleanor Marx (1855 Ð 1898), known as Tussy, Karl Marx's youngest daughter. Tussy's partner was Edward Aveling, a prominent British Marxist. She committed suicide when she discovered he had married a young actress. Ann MacEwen ne Radford aka Ann Maitland (1918 Ð 2008) was an architect and town planner who was a champion of National Parks. Very slight wear to one corner of dust jacket, otherwise very good. isbn 006010757X Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good. Artikel-Nr. C55959

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