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Broughton, Rhoda

 
9789371131810: Lavinia (Edition1)
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ISBN 10: 9371131810 ISBN 13: 9789371131810
Editorial: Double 9 Books LLP, 2025

Sinopsis

Lavinia explores the collision of personal expression with social decorum, focusing on how emotional honesty is often stifled by the fear of reputational damage. The narrative dissects the discomfort that arises when established norms are disrupted by unfiltered desire or unconventional declarations. Within an environment shaped by restraint and propriety, actions deemed inappropriate ripple outward, exposing the fragility of reputation and the precarious balance women must maintain between self-respect and submission to social expectation. The novel examines the tensions within female relationships when loyalty is tested by embarrassment or moral disagreement. Dialogue serves as a mechanism for both connection and judgment, revealing underlying anxieties about identity, respectability, and emotional exposure. The discomfort surrounding public expressions of love reflects deeper concerns about control, risk, and the policing of women's behavior. The story becomes a subtle interrogation of how affection, independence, and social standing intersect, creating a space where compassion must coexist with criticism and where individuality comes at the cost of stability.

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Rhoda Broughton was a Welsh novelist and short-story writer. Her early works were known for their sensationalism, thus critics often overlooked her later, stronger work, despite her being dubbed the "queen of the circulating libraries." Her novel Dear Faustina (1897) is known for its homoeroticism. Her novel Lavinia (1902) portrays a supposedly "unmanly" young man who wishes he had been born a woman. Broughton was a granddaughter of the 8th baronet, hence she descended from the Broughton family. She was Sheridan le Fanu's niece, and he helped her begin her literary career. Rhoda Broughton was born on November 29, 1840, in Denbigh, North Wales, the daughter of the Rev. Delves Broughton, youngest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Delves-Broughton, 8th baronet, and Jane Bennett, daughter of George Bennett, a prominent Irish barrister. Rhoda Broughton acquired an interest in reading as a young girl, particularly poetry. She was influenced by William Shakespeare, as seen by the frequent citations and allusions in her works. Presumably, after reading Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie's The Story of Elizabeth, she decided to test her own talent. Broughton, in turn, introduced Mary Cholmondeley to her publishers in 1887.

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Editorial
Double 9 Books LLP
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
9371131810
ISBN 13 
9789371131810
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Número de páginas
206
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9781090920362: Lavinia

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ISBN 10:  1090920369 ISBN 13:  9781090920362
Editorial: Independently published, 2019
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