[Gutenberg 9366] • Mary Olivier: a Life
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- Authors
- Sinclair, May
- Publisher
- Virago
- Tags
- mothers and daughters -- fiction , domestic fiction , bildungsromans , classics
- ISBN
- 9780860681052
- Date
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.30 MB
- Lang
- en
Born in 1865, Mary Olivier is the youngest of four. Mamma, the archetype of all women who rule through weakness and suffering, dominates her Victorian household, idolizing her sons, rejecting the independent love of her only daughter. Mary, in response, both adores and hates her mother.