A Suppressed Cry: The Short Life of a Victorian Daughter (Virago classic non-fiction)

A Suppressed Cry: The Short Life of a Victorian Daughter (Virago classic non-fiction)

by VictoriaGlendinning (Author)

Synopsis

I always wanted everything so frantically, and I'm just the person that can't have them.' Based on family papers and memories, this picture of middle class life at the end of the nineteenth century tells the poignant story of Winnie Seebohm, Victoria Glendinning's great-aunt, who in 1885 was one of the early students at Newnham College, Cambridge. Though much loved by her family, Winnie was stifled in her desire for life and died at the age of twenty-two.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago
Published: 05 Oct 1995

ISBN 10: 1860490522
ISBN 13: 9781860490521

Media Reviews
'Glendinning maintains a sensitively illuminating critique. We are left with a poignant knowledge of a girl who was defeated in her brave and ebullient attempt at life.' STANDARD
Author Bio
Award-winning biographer of Trollope, Elizabeth Bowen, Vita Sackville-West, Edith Sitwell and Rebecca West, Victoria Glendinning is also a literary critic, broadcaster and travel writer. She has four sons and lives in London and West Cork, Ireland.