1912. Atherton, was an American Feminist and writer of social and historical fiction, much of it set in California. Although her reputation is founded primarily on her California fiction and essays, as well her biography of Alexander Hamilton, Atherton also produced a number of Gothic stories, some of them, such as The Bell in the Fog, were considered significant achievements in the Gothic/supernaturalist tradition. She visited England on purpose to meet women who were agitating for equal rights, and turned her experience into the novel Julia France and her Times before returning to California in 1912 to participate in the first election in which women of this state could vote. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Julia France,
By Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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Gertrude Atherton was nothing if not an ambitious writer. No subject or setting seemed beyond her powers. This book is a long, episodic novel about Julia Edis: her marriage to the monstrous Lt. France, heir to a dukedom; dull years spent in England; her escape from her tyrannical husband; her becoming a suffragette (a favorite Atherton theme); and her eventually falling in love with Daniel Tay. It was bold for its day (another Atherton trait), but she was not able to draw Julia France in such a way that she remains in our memory for long. All that she suffers, all that she does to give meaning to her life, evaporates almost as quickly as it takes to turn the page.
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THE entrance of a British cruiser into the harbor of St. Kitts was always followed by a ball at Government House in the little capital of Basse Terre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Bath House, Aunt Maria, San Francisco, United States, White Lodge, Lady Arabella, Harold France, New York, Nigel Herbert, Bond Street, Daniel Tay, Government House, South Africa, West Indian, Kingsborough House, West Indies, Bridgit Herbert, Great Britain, House of Commons, Aunt Julia, Lady Dark, Tilney Street, Clement's Inn, Julia Edis, Woman's Suffrage New!
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- The French Revolution: A History (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Carlyle on page 164
- Warren Hastings by Lord Macaulay on page 150
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