Fettered for Life or, Lord and Master: A Story of Today - Softcover

Blake, Lillie Devereux

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155861155X ISBN 13: 9781558611559

Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1996

Synopsis

A novel first published in 1874 follows the adventures of a young woman who encounters prejudices and dangers when she goes to New York City to seek her fortune

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Review:

"The message of Blake's 1874 novel is simple and comprehensive: that women of all classes are denied voice, useful and well-paid work, public protection, the vote and even life itself. . . . Impressive is the range of female types and number of interconnecting plots by which Blake relentlessly expresses this message." --Choice

"An outstanding nineteenth-century women's novel found!" --Susan Gubar, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic

"Fettered for Life combines a compelling plot line with a passionate, and amazingly contemporary view of men's oppression of women. . . . [It is] both totally absorbing and strikingly relevant." --Jane Tompkins, author of Sensational Designs

"The action never falters in this entertaining novel, but as the heroine undergoes her series of adventures, the author raises penetrating questions about the wide range of social and political forces that limited the freedom of American women." --Alfred Bendixon, professor of English, California State University, Los Angeles

"Fettered for Life is the most comprehensive women's rights novel of the nineteenth century. It should be required reading for anyone interested in women's studies and, more generally, in American cultural history." --David S. Reynolds, author of Beneath the American Renaissance

About this edition

• Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 155861155X
• ISBN 13: 9781558611559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230