Esther Waters:

"Esther Waters (1894) was one of the first English novels to defeat Victorian moral censorship. George Moore's story of a mother's fight for the life of her illegitimate son won Mr Gladstone's approval and was admitted, unaltered, into those bastions of Victorian conformity, the...

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Main Author: Moore, George 1852-1933 (Author)
Other Authors: Skilton, David 1942- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford <<[u.a.]>> Oxford Univ. Press 2008
Edition:Reissued
Series:Oxford world's classics
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Esther Waters (1894) was one of the first English novels to defeat Victorian moral censorship. George Moore's story of a mother's fight for the life of her illegitimate son won Mr Gladstone's approval and was admitted, unaltered, into those bastions of Victorian conformity, the circulating libraries. Esther Waters is forced to leave home and become a servant in a well-to-do household. Seduced in a moment of weakness she has to leave her position and the novel charts her piognant story of poverty and hardship: first the lying-in hospital, then service as a wet-nurse, and even the workhouse as she struggles to look after her child. Adapting the French literary practices of sexual frankness and social exploration to the British climate, Moore produced his masterpiece ... A landmark in puiblishing history, it is also one of the finest of naturalistic novels."--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description:XXVIII, 398 S.
ISBN:9780199549832

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