{"product_id":"the-odd-women-9781961884243","title":"The Odd Women","description":"When their father's death leaves them with no money and a dim future, the Madden sisters, Alice, Virginia, and Monica, must negotiate the gender roles and class constraints of Victorian London in the 1890s. Virginia and Alice have aged out of the possibility of marriage and seemingly the idea of love itself and find themselves with few prospects and little hope. Remaindered in the marriage equation, these \"odd women\" face a great deal of scrutiny, stigma, and social pressure--it's at this time that Rhoda Nunn, childhood friend to the Madden sisters, arrives in London to challenge accepted norms and mores around the role of women in society. Rhoda's strong feminist passion draws a sharp contrast to the middle-class respectability of the Madden sisters' upbring, as the sisters watch a new world emerge around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed as a prescient and boldly political novel of the early feminist movement, Gissing's \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Women\u003c\/i\u003e captures all of the absurdity, brutality, and even comedy of Victorian attitudes around gender and class, and the brilliant women who dared to be odd and to conceive of their role in society beyond their value on the marriage market.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smith \u0026amp; Taylor Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961884243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298","brand":"George Gissing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44683446386869,"sku":"9781961884243","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bf0eeb36-7899-4788-b944-241e8e6dd4a1.jpg?v=1727795910","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-odd-women-9781961884243","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}