Letters to a Daughter
Letters to a Daughter is a collection of essays proffering ‘fatherly advice’ in the form of a one-sided correspondence. Each of these takes the form of a response to a question that a young woman who is about to enter adult society might pose. The fictional daughter in Letters to a Daughter is named ‘Alexa.’ The author, Hubert Bland, a columnist and political activist, dedicated the book to his daughter, Rosamund Edith Nesbit Bland.
While married to the author Edith Nesbit, Mr. Bland had a lifelong extramarital relationship with Alice Hoatson, the birth mother of Rosamund - Edith, Alice and Hubert lived together ‘openly’. Rosamund wrote The Man in the Stone House, a novel about a young woman’s relationship with her parents, and the children’s book Moo Cow Tales; she also wrote the children's book Cat Tales with her adoptive mother, Edith Nesbit - Summary by Brian Fullen
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | ON LIFE AT LARGE | Jennifer Fournier |
00:16:01 |
Play 02 | ON GOING TO CHURCH | Jennifer Fournier |
00:12:49 |
Play 03 | ON BEING DELIGHTFUL | Nigel Kerr |
00:13:50 |
Play 04 | THE GLAMOUR OF THE FOOTLIGHTS | Dyxlesic |
00:18:15 |
Play 05 | THE RUDENESS OF WOMEN | Winnifred Assmann |
00:16:16 |
Play 06 | DRESS AND FASHION | Seraphina |
00:14:46 |
Play 07 | A MORAL QUESTION | De Anna Lee |
00:12:04 |
Play 08 | THE LIMITS OF FLIRTATION | Fierdin |
00:16:28 |
Play 09 | MEN’S LOVE | Fierdin |
00:15:54 |
Play 10 | THE MAN’S POINT OF VIEW | docdlmartin |
00:16:22 |
Play 11 | THE DOMESTIC HEARTH | Winnifred Assmann |
00:15:55 |
Play 12 | THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE | Beeswaxcandle |
00:14:41 |
Play 13 | THE RIGHT SORT OF MAN | Seraphina |
00:15:43 |
Play 14 | MODERN MARRIAGE | Seraphina |
00:15:50 |
Play 15 | THE SUBTLE SOMETHING | Hope |
00:05:14 |