The Resource A proper education for girls, Elaine DiRollo
A proper education for girls, Elaine DiRollo
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The item A proper education for girls, Elaine DiRollo represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Set in 1857 between England and India, this novel shows the devotion of sisters and the Victorian obsession with empire, experiments and photography. It illuminates the dark heart of Victorian hypocrisy and selfishness
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A proper education for girls
- Title
- A proper education for girls
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine DiRollo
- Subject
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- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction
- England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Twins -- Fiction
- India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- General
- Modern & contemporary fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set in 1857 between England and India, this novel shows the devotion of sisters and the Victorian obsession with empire, experiments and photography. It illuminates the dark heart of Victorian hypocrisy and selfishness
- Biographical or historical data
- Elaine di Rollo comes from Lancashire and now lives in Scotland. She has a PhD from Edinburgh University in the social history of medicine, and is currently a lecturer at Napier University. A Proper Education for Girls (first published as The Peachgrowers' Almanac), was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book prize, the Scottish Arts Council First Book Award and the Guildford Literary Festival First Book Award. Her second novel is Bleakly Hall.
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- DiRollo, Elaine
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
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- Twins
- Sisters
- General
- Great Britain
- India
- England
- India
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- A proper education for girls, Elaine DiRollo
- Control code
- 9780099513469
- Dimensions
- 20x13x2 cm.
- Extent
- 352 p.
- Isbn
- 9780099513469
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- A proper education for girls, Elaine DiRollo
- Control code
- 9780099513469
- Dimensions
- 20x13x2 cm.
- Extent
- 352 p.
- Isbn
- 9780099513469
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- General
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction
- India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Modern & contemporary fiction
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Twins -- Fiction
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