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Now widely recognized as a novelist and essayist, working-class
writer Ethel Carnie Holdsworth first published as a poet. The three
books collected here demonstrate her growth in this genre from her
early poems, written when she worked full time in the mill, to her
last book of poetry, Voices of Womanhood, which realizes her mature
insights into the lives of working-class women. Carnie Holdsworth's
poetry provides both a unique perspective on British life in the
early twentieth century and an invaluable testament to the
experiences of her gender and class.
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General Belinda (Paperback)
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth; Introduction by Roger Smalley
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R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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It is not for nothing that Belinda's father called her "The
General". Belinda could marshal and control more than armies-she
could control the people about her. Belinda's father dies and she
is left with an ailing mother to support. But nothing daunted, she
sells up their beloved home and sets out on her long Odyssey of
domestic service.There surely never was a domestic servant like
Belinda. Staving off irate butchers when there is no money to pay
them, helping elopements, protecting down-trodden wives, become
every-day occurrences in Belinda's life, through which her extreme
good-nature and sense of humour carry her in triumph.
In this, her bestselling second novel, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth
adapts a formula popularised by the Bronte sisters to write a tale
of dark and gothic romance set in the Lancashire hills. First
published anonymously in 1917 amid the tumult of World War I, the
novel quickly achieved strong sales in Britain and the US. By 1920
the author was working with Cecil Hepworth, a lauded pioneer of
silent cinema, on the film version. In her fascinating introduction
to the novel, Pamela Fox analyses Carnie Holdsworth's popular and
political writings and discusses how in Helen of Four Gates, Carnie
Holdsworth makes a powerful and important contribution both to
early cinema and to working-class writing as a whole.
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Miss Nobody (Paperback)
Ethel Carnie; Edited by Nicola Wilson
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R504
Discovery Miles 5 040
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A centenary edition of the 1913 novel, Miss Nobody, by Ethel Carnie
(later Ethel Carnie Holdsworth), widely believed to be the first
published novel written by a working-class woman in Britain. Miss
Nobody charts the fortunes of the independent Carrie Brown, a
former 'scullery drudge' turned oyster shop owner from Ardwick,
Greater Manchester. Schooled in the popular romances of cheap
yellow-backed novelettes, Carrie decides to sell up and leave the
grey city of Manchester when she receives a surprising offer of
marriage from a country farmer. The plot sees Carrie struggling to
reconcile herself to the 'mixed up' reality of marriage and the
loneliness of country life, and ultimately results in her striking
out on her own. The story describes Carrie's picaresque adventures
as she strives to find love and self-fulfilment in a harsh and
oftentimes bitter world.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
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reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
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pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
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have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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