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Proper Education for Girls
Elaine Di Rollo
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Description for Proper Education for Girls
Paperback. Set in 1857 between England and India, this novel shows the devotion of sisters and the Victorian obsession with empire, experiments and photography. It illuminates the dark heart of Victorian hypocrisy and selfishness. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Lilian and Alice are the bright young twin daughters of the eccentric Mr Talbot, who resides in a huge mansion stuffed full of fossils, inventions, suits of armour, botanical specimens and other specimens of his sprawling collection of curiosities.
When Lilian rebels against Victorian standards of morality she is packed off to India as the bride of a dreary missionary, leaving Alice alone and in danger of falling victim to her father's bizarre and hair-raising schemes.
This lively and entertaining novel follows the two girls on their very different paths to freedom and is set against ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099513469
SKU
V9780099513469
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-34
About Elaine Di Rollo
Elaine di Rollo comes from Lancashire and now lives in Scotland. She has a PhD from Edinburgh University in the social history of medicine, and is currently a lecturer at Napier University. A Proper Education for Girls (first published as The Peachgrowers' Almanac), was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book prize, the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award and the ... Read more
Reviews for Proper Education for Girls
[An] assured, very funny debut; one of the best I've read this year
Scotland on Sunday
A generous, rollicking read... it harks back to the loving pastiche of Angela Carter and, more recently, the camp Victoriana of Susanna Clarke and Michel Faber
Scotland on Sunday
A novel to shock and delight
Katherine McMahon Beautifully written ... Read more
Scotland on Sunday
A generous, rollicking read... it harks back to the loving pastiche of Angela Carter and, more recently, the camp Victoriana of Susanna Clarke and Michel Faber
Scotland on Sunday
A novel to shock and delight
Katherine McMahon Beautifully written ... Read more