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Esther Waters (Paperback)
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Esther Waters (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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List price R457
Loot Price R386
Discovery Miles 3 860
You Save R71 (16%)
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Esther Waters (1894) is a novel by George Moore. Considered his
best novel, it was an immediate critical and commercial success,
and has since been adapted several times for theater, film, and
television. Like much of Moore's work, Esther Waters shows the
influence of French naturalist writer Emile Zola, who sought to
portray the influence of heredity and social environment on the
lives of characters without shying away from poverty, sex, disease,
and suffering. Following her father's death and her mother's
marriage to an abusive Londoner, Esther Waters arrives at the home
of the Barfield family in Shoreham to work as a kitchen maid.
There, she tries to work hard to support herself, but is soon
seduced by a footman named William Latch. When he elopes with his
employer's niece, Esther is left to hide her pregnancy for as long
as possible. Discovered, she is dismissed, and soon thereafter
gives birth to a healthy boy. Unmarried and poor, she makes the
decision to raise Jackie as a single mother while seeking
employment in London. Tragic and truthful, Esther Waters is the
story of a woman who defies Victorian convention and suffers for
nothing more than being born into poverty. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of George Moore's Esther Waters is a classic of Irish literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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