A struggle for fame /
Riddell, J. H., 1832-1906
A struggle for fame / - viii, 407 pages ; 27 cm. - Recovered voices series ; v. 1 .
First published by Richard Bentley and Son in 1883.
After the death of her mother and the loss of her family's fortune, it falls to young Glen Westley to do what she can for herself and her ailing father. Determined to make her own way in the world, she moves from the West of Ireland to London and works tirelessly to succeed as a novelist, despite the limitations her sex and nationality represent. Having struggled so long for fame, it is at last thrust upon her - but fame always comes at a price.
9780992817046 9780992817046 0992817048
2014486226
GBB4C6265 bnb
016939373 Uk
Women's rights--England--Fiction.
Novelists--Fiction.
English fiction--Irish authors
English fiction--19th century
823.8 RID
A struggle for fame / - viii, 407 pages ; 27 cm. - Recovered voices series ; v. 1 .
First published by Richard Bentley and Son in 1883.
After the death of her mother and the loss of her family's fortune, it falls to young Glen Westley to do what she can for herself and her ailing father. Determined to make her own way in the world, she moves from the West of Ireland to London and works tirelessly to succeed as a novelist, despite the limitations her sex and nationality represent. Having struggled so long for fame, it is at last thrust upon her - but fame always comes at a price.
9780992817046 9780992817046 0992817048
2014486226
GBB4C6265 bnb
016939373 Uk
Women's rights--England--Fiction.
Novelists--Fiction.
English fiction--Irish authors
English fiction--19th century
823.8 RID