The Odd Women Nancy Kelley the chatter of the maids

the chatter of the maids and the stir of the family life

ISBN13: 9781732189928

ISBN10: 191145076X

ISBN13: 9780989945202

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The Odd Women Nancy Kelley the chatter of the maidsA novel of social realism, The Odd Women reflects the major sexual and cultural issues of the late nineteenth century. Unlike the New Woman novels of the era which challenged the idea that the unmarried woman was superfluous, Gissing satirizes that image and portrays women as odd and marginal in relation to an ideal. Set in a grimy, fog ridden London, Gissing's odd women range from the idealistic, financially self sufficient Mary Barfoot to the Madden