Life and Death of Harriett Frean
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Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair
A masterpiece. -- Walter AllenA moral fable about the narrow and starved existence that results from self-sacrifice, this novel traces a Victorian woman's suffocating and stunted life. More than a case history of an underdeveloped individual who chooses loyalty to a friendship over the lure of romance, the story criticizes the values of nineteenth-century middle-class society and the destructiveness that lurks beneath the fa ade of good manners.
Less well known today than her contemporaries Virginia Woolf and Rebecca West, May Sinclair (1863-1946) was considered England's most distinguished female novelist in the years preceding World War I. Her other works include short stories, philosophical texts, a biography of the Bront sisters, and several poetry collections. Combining stream of consciousness with a traditional narrative, Life and Death of Harriett Frean reflects its author's mastery of modernist techniques.
This small, perfect gem of a book . looks unsparingly at the moral degeneration of one woman as her heart hardens into a protective bitterness. -- Jonathan Coe
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| ISBN 13 | 9781438507682 |
| ISBN 10 | 1438507682 |
| Title | Life and Death of Harriett Frean |
| Author | May Sinclair |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Book Jungle |
| Year published | 2008-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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