Marcella Pb (Broadview Literary Texts) - Softcover

Mary Augusta Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551111705 ISBN 13: 9781551111704

Publisher: Broadview Press, 1999

Synopsis

Marcella, young and with a new-womanly independence, has a yearning to help the poor. When a gamekeeper is murdered near where she lives, Marcella finds herself at odds with her wealthy fiancé over beliefs about property and justice. The discovery leads Marcella to pursue—among other things—a career in nursing. In settings ranging from village cottages, London slums and hospital wards to fashionable drawing rooms and the Ladies’ Gallery of the Houses of Parliament, the book combines a gripping story with serious issues—socialism, rural and urban poverty, poaching laws, journalistic ethics, the Woman Question—inspiring critics to liken Marcella to George Eliot’s novels.

The Broadview Literary Texts edition records the substantive differences between the two major editions published during Ward’s lifetime, and included among the many appendices are news accounts of the murder trial and executions that inspired the novel, and previously unpublished letters by Ward.

NB: Mary Augusta Ward has traditionally been known as Mrs. Humphry Ward.

About this title

About the Author

Beth Sutton-Ramspeck of The Ohio State University at Lima, is the author of several articles on Mary Augusta Ward.

Nicole B. Meller is an independent scholar.

From the Back Cover

Marcella, young and with a new-womanly independence, has a yearning to help the poor. When a gamekeeper is murdered near where she lives, Marcella finds herself at odds with her wealthy fiancé over beliefs about property and justice. The discovery leads Marcella to pursue--among other things--a career in nursing. In settings ranging from village cottages, London slums and hospital wards to fashionable drawing rooms and the Ladies' Gallery of the Houses of Parliament, the book combines a gripping story with serious issues--socialism, rural and urban poverty, poaching laws, journalistic ethics, the Woman Question--inspiring critics to liken Marcella to George Eliot's novels.

The Broadview Literary Texts edition records the substantive differences between the two major editions published during Ward's lifetime, and included among the many appendices are news accounts of the murder trial and executions that inspired the novel, and previously unpublished letters by Ward.

NB: Mary Augusta Ward has traditionally been known as Mrs. Humphry Ward.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551111705
• ISBN 13: 9781551111704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 612