9781332785308 - The Three Sisters (Classic Reprint) de Sinclair, May (4 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book tells the story of three sisters whose father is the Vicar of Garth, a small and isolated village in the North of England. The sisters, Mary, Gwendolen, and Alice, are all intelligent and ambitious women, but they are trapped in a life of poverty and boredom. Mary is a talented artist, but she is forced to give up her dreams of becoming a painter in order to care for her father and sisters. Gwendolen is a brilliant scholar, but she is denied the opportunity to go to university because she is a woman. Alice is a beautiful and passionate woman, but she is stifled by the strictures of her upbringing. The sisters' lives are thrown into turmoil when their father decides to move the family to a remote moorland village. The sisters are horrified at the prospect of living in such a desolate place, but they are powerless to stop their father. The move to the moorland village has a profound impact on the sisters' lives. Mary finds solace in her painting, Gwendolen discovers a new sense of freedom, and Alice falls in love with a young doctor. However, the sisters' newfound happiness is short-lived. Their father becomes increasingly tyrannical, and he forbids them from seeing their friends or pursuing their interests. The sisters are eventually forced to make a choice between their own happiness and their duty to their father. This book is a powerful and moving story about the lives of women in the Victorian era. The author paints a vivid picture of the stifling social conventions that governed women's lives, and she explores the complex and often contradictory emotions that women experienced in this period. The novel is also a celebration of the indomitable spirit of women, and it shows how they can overcome adversity to achieve their dreams. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condición: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 394 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.