The Wanderer - Female Difficulties

Fanny Burney

Sinossi

Juliet Granville tries to become self-sufficient, but her story reveals many difficulties of a woman in her friendless situation. Women take advantage of her economically and men importune her. Juliet begins as a musician and slips into the less-reputable positions of milliner and seamstress.  Juliet's husband is deported and executed as a spy. The Wanderer is set during the Reign of Terror, exemplified by the rise and fall of Maximilien Robespierre.

Disponibile da: 16/09/2017.

Lunghezza di stampa: 214 pagine.

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