Destined to Be Wives: The Sisters of Beatrice Webb

by Barbara Caine

Book Overview

Exploring the lives of Beatrice Webb and her eight sisters, this volume presents a vivid picture of the experiences of a group of upper middle class women in England at the turn of the century. Barbara Caine juxtaposes the normal pattern of the Potters' lives with some of the extraordinary conflicts and tragedies that took place behind the respectable facade of traditional Victorian and Edwardian family life. Highlighting some of these tensions and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019282158X
• ISBN13: 9780192821584
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"