![]() As Monica experiences the challenges of married life, Rhoda finds herself drawn to Mary's cousin, the charming but apparently profligate Everard. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting women: Mary Barfoot, a feminist philanthropist who helps train women for careers her close friend Rhoda Nunn, who believes marriage is a disastrous choice for women and Monica Madden, who starts out as one of their protegees but chooses to marry a seemingly kind older man. Five odd womenwomen without husbandsare the subject of this powerful novel, set in Victorian London, by a writer whose perceptions about people, particularly women, would be remarkable in any age and are extraordinary in the 1890s. They include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891) and The Odd Women (1893). His best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century "Woman Question" by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. George Robert Gissing ( / s / 22 November 1857 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 18. ![]() ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert The Odd Women ![]()
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