Stranger Within The Gates : A Collection of Short Stories - Softcover

Bertha Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1870206940 ISBN 13: 9781870206945

Publisher: HONNO WELSH WOMEN'S PRESS, 2008

Synopsis

First published in 1912, this is a collection of witty, sharply observed short stories which engage with feminism and the """"fast"""" New Women of the 1890s. Features narratives which explore the personal and emotional conflict experienced by people torn between multiple ethnicities or different social and national groups. Bertha Thomas lightly but deftly sketches her characters with a sharp eye for humorous and satirical detail.

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Review

"Bertha Thomas' short stories and her portrayals of Welsh rural and community life achieve for Wales what Kate Chopin and George Moore were achieving for Louisiana and Ireland at the turn of the century. These tales and the feisty rural New Women they contain deserve new readers and new interpretations." --Ann Heilmann, Professor of English, University of Hull

About the Author

Bertha Thomas was a popular writer in her lifetime. Her maternal grandfather was Archbishop of Canterbury and her Welsh father from Llandeilo found popularity as the vicar of a poor parish in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: HONNO WELSH WOMEN'S PRESS
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870206940
• ISBN 13: 9781870206945
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280