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The Tree of Heaven (British Library Women Writers): British Library Women Writers 1910's: May Sinclair: 1 - Softcover

May Sinclair

 
9780712353076: The Tree of Heaven (British Library Women Writers): British Library Women Writers 1910's: May Sinclair: 1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0712353070 ISBN 13: 9780712353076
Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Published at a time when women still did not have the right to vote, Sinclair - passionately in favour of women's enfranchisement - asks not if the vote should be won, but how. Her reflection on the war is of course limited by having not yet seen its end (The Tree of Heaven was published in 1917), yet Sinclair provides an excellent snapshot of the views and experiences of a family in the face of such great uncertainty.

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About the Author

May Sinclair (1863-1946) was a popular British writer and an active suffragist. Her publication record is prolific, including novels, philosophy, criticism, poetry and biography, as well as her 1912 pro-suffrage pamphlet, Feminism. She has been dubbed 'the readable modernist'.

From the Back Cover

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Womens Social and Political Union.

Published at a time when women still did not have the right to vote, Sinclair - passionately in favour of womens enfranchisement - asks not if the vote should be won, but how. Her reflection on the war is of course limited by having not yet seen its end (The Tree of Heaven was published in 1917), yet Sinclair provides an excellent snapshot of the views and experiences of a family in the face of such great uncertainty.

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Publisher
British Library Publishing
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0712353070
ISBN 13 
9780712353076
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320