The Odd Women.

The Odd Women.

One of the acknowledged masterpieces of Victorian-era literary realism, George Gissing's novel The Odd Women portrays the plight of unmarried women in nineteenth-century England, probing the question of the financial and psychological well-being of those who were not able to find suitable match...

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Main Author: Gissing, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Auckland : Floating Press, 1893
Subjects:
Women > Employment > Fiction.
Middle class women > Fiction.
Women > England > Fiction.
Single women > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Title; Contents; Chapter I
  • The Fold and the Shepherd; Chapter II
  • Adrift; Chapter III
  • An Independent Woman; Chapter IV
  • Monica's Majority; Chapter V
  • The Casual Acquaintance; Chapter VI
  • A Camp of the Reserve; Chapter VII
  • A Social Advance; Chapter VIII
  • Cousin Everard; Chapter IX
  • The Simple Faith; Chapter X
  • First Principles; Chapter XI
  • At Nature's Bidding; Chapter XII
  • Weddings; Chapter XIII
  • Discord of Leaders; Chapter XIV
  • Motives Meeting; Chapter XV
  • The Joys of Home; Chapter XVI
  • Health from the Sea; Chapter XVII
  • The Triumph; Chapter XVIII
  • A Reinforcement.
  • Chapter XIX
  • The Clank of the ChainsChapter XX
  • The First Lie; Chapter XXI
  • Towards the Decisive; Chapter XXII
  • Honour in Difficulties; Chapter XXIII
  • In Ambush; Chapter XXIV
  • Tracked; Chapter XXV
  • The Fate of the Ideal; Chapter XXVI
  • The Unideal Tested; Chapter XXVII
  • The Reascent; Chapter XXVIII
  • The Burden of Futile Souls; Chapter XXIX
  • Confession and Counsel; Chapter XXX
  • Retreat with Honour; Chapter XXXI
  • A New Beginning.

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