Description for Gabriel
Paperback. Translator(s): Hart, Kathleen Robin; Fenouillet, Paul. Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
“An admirable ruse, indeed! To inspire in me the horror of females, only to throw it in my face and say: but this is what you are.”
The handsome, heroic heir to a vast estate, raised as a man to follow a man’s pursuits and to despise women, is devastated to learn at the age of seventeen that he is in fact a she. Gabriel courageously refuses to give up her male privileges, and her tragic struggle to work and fight and love in all the ways she knows how offers a window into the obstacles faced by George ... Read more
“An admirable ruse, indeed! To inspire in me the horror of females, only to throw it in my face and say: but this is what you are.”
The handsome, heroic heir to a vast estate, raised as a man to follow a man’s pursuits and to despise women, is devastated to learn at the age of seventeen that he is in fact a she. Gabriel courageously refuses to give up her male privileges, and her tragic struggle to work and fight and love in all the ways she knows how offers a window into the obstacles faced by George ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Texts & Translations
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781603290784
SKU
V9781603290784
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Ref
99-1
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