Overview
Kirsteen, from an old but impoverished family, rebels against her father and flees to London. Against the odds she finds work, striving for independence against a world determined to drag her down. Written in the late 1800s, Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel in its treatment of women and work.
Kirsteen is the tale of a young woman from an old but impoverished Argyllshire family who escapes her domineering father and seeks her independence. Kirsteen''s options appear to be unpaid drudgery at home, or a loveless marriage. Rejecting both, she escapes to London where she makes a living through her own innate craft and skill. Though scorned by her family for choosing to work as a mantua-maker, Kirsteen becomes highly successful in the life she carves out for herself. Kirsteen is a startlingly modern novel whose powerful voice, narrative drive and ironic exposure of injustice and hypocrisy provide a fascinating perspective on women in Victorian society. First published in 1890, and written by Queen Victoria''s favourite novelist Margaret Oliphant, Kirsteen is a deep, rich novel by an author at the height of her powers.
- | Author: Margaret Oliphant, Anne M. Scriven
- | Publisher: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2010
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780948877995
- | ISBN-10: 0948877995
