{"product_id":"the-odd-women-paperback","title":"The Odd Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Gissing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMerve Emre\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eAdam Dalva\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen their father's death leaves them with no money and a dim future, the Madden sisters, Alice, Virginia, and Monica, must negotiate the gender roles and class constraints of 1890s Victorian London. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginia and Alice have aged out of the possibility of marriage and seemingly the idea of love itself. They find themselves with few prospects and little hope. Remaindered in the marriage equation, these \"odd women\" face a great deal of scrutiny, stigma, and social pressure--it's at this time that Rhoda Nunn, childhood friend to the Madden sisters, arrives in London to challenge accepted norms and mores around the role of women in society. Rhoda's strong feminist passion draws a sharp contrast to the middle-class respectability of the Madden sisters' upbring, as the sisters watch a new world emerge around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as a prescient and boldly political novel of the early feminist movement, Gissing's \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Women\u003c\/i\u003e captures the absurdity, brutality, and even comedy of Victorian attitudes around the brilliant women who dared to be odd by conceiving of their role in society beyond their value as wives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755238293792,"sku":"9781961884243","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b92614e0baa4d276c5c14e8ceeb8f4bb.webp?v=1780053884","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-odd-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}