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Reproduction of the original: Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
Reproduction of the original: Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells wrote and published the book, Ann Veronica a modern love story in 1909. It talks of Ann Veronica Stanley's uprising against her middle-class father's strict patriarchal control as "a young woman of about two-and-twenty." The New Woman's issue in modern society is dramatized in the book. Except for a vacation to the mountains, it takes place in Victorian-era London and its surroundings. Ann Veronica provides snapshots of the British women's suffrage struggle and includes a chapter that was motivated by the suffragettes' failed effort to storm Parliament in 1908. The story revolves around her father who forbids her from attending a ball, she leaves home to live independently. She borrows money from an older man to study and falls in love with Capes, the laboratory's "demonstrator". Due to the heroine's feminist sympathies and the romance Wells was having with Amber Reeves, the woman who served as the inspiration for Ann Veronica, the book caused a sensation when it was released in the autumn of 1909. Even though the book now seems fairly mild-mannered, Ann Veronica was criticized as "capable of poisoning the minds of people who read it" by The Spectator in its day as being a scandalous work.
H.G. Wells’s 1909 novel centres on the coming of age of the spirited Ann Veronica, who runs away from her sheltered suburban home to live in London. There she mingles with feminists, studies biology, learns jiu jitsu, and even participates in a suffragette raid on the House of Commons that lands her in jail. When originally published, the novel was deemed “poisonous” for its bold treatment of an adulterous romance that only lightly veiled Wells’s extramarital affairs. While critics debate whether the shift to romance undermines the novel’s feminist themes, readers continue to be engaged by its vividly realized heroine and its rich portrayal of the tumultuous social movements of Edwardian London. Historical documents expand on the novel’s autobiographical dimension with letters between Wells and Amber Reeves, the model for Ann Veronica; also included are materials on the suffrage movement, attempts to censor the novel, and the New Woman.
Inside the mind of Vero G.
Veronica Ivette Gonzalez
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2017
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This is Author Veronica Ivette Gonzalez 4th poetry book of her collection. Which consists of issues that matters or can be related to all of us. Hope you enjoy your reading to her book. There is more to come.
Trials & Tribulations An autobiography of Vero G.
Veronica Gonzalez
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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In this autobiography of Artist/Actress/Model/Poet/Screenwriter Vero G. it goes into detail about her life story. From her earliest memory of her love for music. Her ups and downs. How she has overcame it all.
Twenty-one, passionate and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable Ball, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start in London. There, she finds a world of intellectuals, socialists, and suffragettes - a place where, as a student in Biology at Imperial College, she can be truly free. But when she meets the brilliant Capes, a married academic, and quickly falls in love, she soon finds that freedom comes at a price.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story is a novel by H.G. Wells, first published in 1909. The story follows the life of Ann Veronica Stanley, a young woman who rebels against the social norms of her time and seeks to live her life on her own terms. Ann Veronica is intelligent and independent, but she is also constrained by the expectations of her family and society. She falls in love with a married man, but ultimately decides to pursue her own happiness and independence. Along the way, she confronts issues such as women's suffrage, the role of women in society, and the nature of love and relationships. The novel is a powerful exploration of the struggles and triumphs of a young woman fighting for her own identity and place in the world.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
H. G. Wells
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
H. G. Wells
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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