Life and Death of Harriett Frean
Harriett Frean is a well-to-do, unmarried woman living a life of meaningless dependency, boredom, and unproductivity as she patiently cares for her aging parents, waiting for a man to marry. When her opportunity for Love finally comes, she is offered a moral dilemma: the man is engaged to her best friend. Should she sacrifice what, according to the priorities of the time, seems like her "one chance for happiness," or should she seize the moment? Can she make something meaningful of her life without significant others? May Sinclair, as always gently ironic in tone, succeeds in skewering the conventions of her society while laying bare the hopeless realities for so many women of the era who were given so few chances really to live. ( summary by Expatriate)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Romance
Language: English
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| Play 03 | Chapter 03 | Expatriate |
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| Play 04 | Chapter 04 | Expatriate |
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| Play 06 | Chapter 06 | Expatriate |
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| Play 07 | Chapter 07 | Expatriate |
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| Play 08 | Chapter 08 | Expatriate |
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| Play 12 | Chapter 12 | Expatriate |
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| Play 15 | Chapter 15 | Expatriate |
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