Verwandte Artikel zu The Spring Begins (British Library Women Writers, Band...

The Spring Begins (British Library Women Writers, Band 28) - Softcover

Dunning, Katherine

 
9780712355971: The Spring Begins (British Library Women Writers, Band 28)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0712355979 ISBN 13: 9780712355971
Verlag: British Library Publishing- IWUK, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

She knew now, with a sense of deep tranquil certainty, that terror and injury could not spring from love of this kind, no matter what Nurse said. But she could not put all this into words.

Set over the course of a summer, The Spring Begins follows the autonomous awakenings of three women at various stages of life and at different levels of employment within households. There's the young orphan Lottie, employed as a nursemaid to the wealthy Kellaway children and terrified by the world of men; the scullery maid Maggie, 19, and unafraid of seeking out pleasure where it is offered to her; and Hessy Price the older governess to a local clerical family whose worldview shatters when her younger sister becomes engaged. As each woman tries to navigate their physical desires alongside social propriety, the currency of beauty and youth alongside the toll domestic work and poverty takes on their bodies, each comes to find happiness in their own unique way.

This human drama is set against the Kellayway's beautiful country house, though the house is often little more than the anchor to the vast garden and the wild stretch of coast owned by the family. It is against the bloom of flowers and the crash of waves that these springs of attraction and longing play out.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

(Rhona) Katherine Dunning (19001975) was born in Arklow, County Wicklow, and was the youngest of three artistically talented daughters. After the death of their father, the family moved to Sussex, England where Rhona began writing under the pen name Katherine Dunning to support the family. Between 1932 and 1952 she published five novels and numerous short stories.

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
British Library Publishing- IWUK
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0712355979
ISBN 13 
9780712355971
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
117
Kontakt zum Hersteller
BRITISH LIBRARY PUBLISHING
https://www.bl.uk/

Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,
Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,
40057
Italien