Ann Veronica

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Createspace
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: Reprint

Description: 232 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: To this day, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is a name synonymous with science fiction. Forced to work as a child to help support his family, Wells was determined to be a learned man. Eventually, he received a degree from London University where he studied evolutionary science under Thomas Huxley. Wells was stricken with tuberculosis shortly after, and in his weakened condition took to writing. Scientific romance, later known as science fiction, is the genre Wells is most famous for, but he was a prolific writer in many other genres. "Ann Veronica" is a testament to Wells diverse spectrum of interests, as politics and social issues were of great importance to him. The titular character, Ann Veronica, is the embodiment of the feminist ideals rising in importance around the time of the books publication (1909). Ann Veronica combats the Edwardian English ideals as the male figures in the story cant understand her desire to stray from the dormant, submissive social norms of women.

ISBN: 9781494793425