- Fiction, Middle-aged women, Widows, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Meg Eliot is perhaps one of the most remarkable portraits of a middle-aged woman in English literature. She boldly debunked the dismal array of stereotypical, female characters of her day and succeeded in forging a life and role for herself beyond her fictional predecessors, influencing a generation of female readers.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Angus Wilson
- First published
- 1958
- Pages
- 430
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg, Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg, St. Martin's Griffin
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140015027
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