A proper education for girls
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A proper education for girls
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The work A proper education for girls represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- A proper education for girls
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine DiRollo
- Subject
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- General
- Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction
- India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Modern & contemporary fiction
- England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Twins -- Fiction
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- 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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- Literary form
- novels
- Target audience
- general
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