The Half Sisters

by Geraldine Jewsbury

Book Overview

This radical novel contrasts the lives of two women in Victorian England. The illegitimate Bianca contends with poverty and prejudice to attain eminence and respectability as an actress. Her legitimate half sister, Alice, finds herself unhappily married, trapped in the dreary and philistine existence endured by numerous middle-class wives of her time. Each has to confront the implications of passion in a woman's life, with surprising results that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192831143
• ISBN13: 9780192831149
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.6" x 7.3"