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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 382 pages. dj worn & chipped, shelf wearThis ambitious first novel looks at many different kinds of female travail in Victorian England. In 1829, Georgiana, raised in shadowy circumstances in a rig id Cumberland household, learns that she is illegitimate and, consequently, dise nfranchised. When she reaches her majority, she is summarily sent to a branch of the distinguished Curwen family, who are related to Fletcher Christian of Bount y notoriety. There she begins to fill in the lacunae in her history. She learns that her mother, another Georgiana, a free spirit who rejected the conventional mores, was disowned by the Curwens. Developing her own identity, Georgiana follo ws her mother's lead, becoming a recognized artist and a fully sexual being in t he diverse milieus of London, Paris and Dublin. Though overlong and busily plott ed, this historic romance catches the flavor of a period of social ferment when women's rights were beginning to be asserted in a male-dominated society.Copyrig ht 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some edge wear and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, long closed tear to bottom front fold, corners rubbed with small loss, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg copy. 383pp. This ambitious first novel looks at many different kinds of female travail in Victorian England. In 1829, Georgiana, raised in shadowy circumstances in a rigid Cumberland household, learns that she is illegitimate. When she reaches her majority, she is summarily sent to a branch of the distinguished Curwen family, who are related to Fletcher Christian of Bounty notoriety. There she begins to fill in the lacunae in her history. She learns that her mother, another Georgiana, a free spirit who rejected the conventional mores, was disowned by the Curwens. Developing her own identity Georgiana follows her mother's lead, becoming a recognized artist and a fully sexual being in the diverse milieus of London, Paris and Dublin. Though perhaps overlong and too busily plotted, this historic romance catches the flavour of a period of social ferment when women's rights were just beginning to be asserted in a male dominated society. Scarce signed. Jacket after James M. Whistler (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…