Born in 1865, Mary Olivier is the youngest of four children. Mamma dominates this Victorian household, idolising the boys, rejecting the independent love of her only daughter: the archetype of all women who control by weakness and suffering. Mary adores her mother- and she hates her. Ferociously intelligent, she vacillates between a passionate quest for her own artistic and sexual identity. This is one of the first novels ever written about a mother and daughter relationship, and the eternal conflict engendered by the deepest of ties. But it is a celebration too: for though Mary sacrifices her life- and her lover- to the demands of duty, she emerges victorious, finding in the discovery of her intellectual and feminine self an inner freedom, a perfect happiness.
| ISBN: | 9780860681052 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 1980 |
| Author: | May Sinclair, Jean Radford |
| Publisher: | Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction Narrative theme: Interior life Family Drama Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Coming of age |
Born in 1865, Mary Olivier is the youngest of four children. Mamma dominates this Victorian household, idolising the boys, rejecting the independent love of her only daughter: the archetype of all women who control by weakness and suffering. Mary adores her mother- and she hates her. Ferociously intelligent, she vacillates between a passionate quest for her own artistic and sexual identity. This is one of the first novels ever written about a mother and daughter relationship, and the eternal conflict engendered by the deepest of ties. But it is a celebration too: for though Mary sacrifices her life- and her lover- to the demands of duty, she emerges victorious, finding in the discovery of her intellectual and feminine self an inner freedom, a perfect happiness.
Mary Oliver features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family Drama, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age
Mary Oliver is available in Paperback
Mary Oliver was written by May Sinclair, Jean Radford and published by Virago Press Ltd an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Mary Oliver has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series