Author: Noëlle Sickels
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466813741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In 1886 Philadelphia, Hanna Willer begins employment as a maid-of-all-work for Isabelle Martin, the pregnant wife of a prosperous shopkeeper. Hanna, fresh from her rural home, is a quietly observant and practical young woman. Isabelle is lonely and restless, dangerously disconted with her life and obsessed with her reckless pursuit of happiness. Yet despite their differences, the two forge an unconventional friendship. But when Mr. Martin dies under suspicious circumstances, and the evidence points to Isabelle, Hanna finds herself thrust into the midst of a murder trial that becomes a touchstone for the shifting values of modern society. As she wrestles with her role, she confronts the attitudes that city life has bred in her--attitudes about what is possible between men and women; what is fair and not fair in the lives of her immigrant friends; and what one person can do in the face of large, powerful forces like the press, public opinion, and accepted wisdom. From the rippling effects of the advent of electricity to labor strikes to the very beginnings of the women's movement, Noelle Sickels delivers an enthralling glimpse of the birthing of modern America and the lives that are forever changed in its wake.
The Shopkeeper's Wife
Author: Noëlle Sickels
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466813741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In 1886 Philadelphia, Hanna Willer begins employment as a maid-of-all-work for Isabelle Martin, the pregnant wife of a prosperous shopkeeper. Hanna, fresh from her rural home, is a quietly observant and practical young woman. Isabelle is lonely and restless, dangerously disconted with her life and obsessed with her reckless pursuit of happiness. Yet despite their differences, the two forge an unconventional friendship. But when Mr. Martin dies under suspicious circumstances, and the evidence points to Isabelle, Hanna finds herself thrust into the midst of a murder trial that becomes a touchstone for the shifting values of modern society. As she wrestles with her role, she confronts the attitudes that city life has bred in her--attitudes about what is possible between men and women; what is fair and not fair in the lives of her immigrant friends; and what one person can do in the face of large, powerful forces like the press, public opinion, and accepted wisdom. From the rippling effects of the advent of electricity to labor strikes to the very beginnings of the women's movement, Noelle Sickels delivers an enthralling glimpse of the birthing of modern America and the lives that are forever changed in its wake.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466813741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In 1886 Philadelphia, Hanna Willer begins employment as a maid-of-all-work for Isabelle Martin, the pregnant wife of a prosperous shopkeeper. Hanna, fresh from her rural home, is a quietly observant and practical young woman. Isabelle is lonely and restless, dangerously disconted with her life and obsessed with her reckless pursuit of happiness. Yet despite their differences, the two forge an unconventional friendship. But when Mr. Martin dies under suspicious circumstances, and the evidence points to Isabelle, Hanna finds herself thrust into the midst of a murder trial that becomes a touchstone for the shifting values of modern society. As she wrestles with her role, she confronts the attitudes that city life has bred in her--attitudes about what is possible between men and women; what is fair and not fair in the lives of her immigrant friends; and what one person can do in the face of large, powerful forces like the press, public opinion, and accepted wisdom. From the rippling effects of the advent of electricity to labor strikes to the very beginnings of the women's movement, Noelle Sickels delivers an enthralling glimpse of the birthing of modern America and the lives that are forever changed in its wake.
A Mummer's Wife
Author: George Moore
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387067240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387067240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
A Mummer's Wife
Author: George Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The degradation by drink of a shopkeeper's wife. The novel tells the story of Kate Ede, a bored Midlands housewife unhappily married to an asthmatic draper. When a handsome travelling actor comes to lodge with her family, she succumbs to temptation, with disastrous consequences.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The degradation by drink of a shopkeeper's wife. The novel tells the story of Kate Ede, a bored Midlands housewife unhappily married to an asthmatic draper. When a handsome travelling actor comes to lodge with her family, she succumbs to temptation, with disastrous consequences.
The Woman's Athenæum: Manner, voice, deportment. How to be real through the best manners
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The wife's evidence
Author: William Gorman Wills
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Elvira, the Nabob's Wife
Author: Monkland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385145244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385145244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
The South African Law Reports
Author: Jan Hendrik Gey van Pittius
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description