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Life and Death of Harriett Frean

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“In a few short pages,” writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, “May Sinclair succeeds in rendering the oppressive weight and strength of the chains of family love.” Young Harriett Frean is taught that “behaving beautifully” is paramount, and she becomes a self-sacrificing woman whose choices prove devastating to herself and to those who love her most. An early pioneer of

stream-of-consciousness writing, Sinclair employs the technique brilliantly in this finely crafted psychological novel. Evoking the style and depth of her contemporaries Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence, Sinclair’s haunting narrative also reflects her keen interest in the theories of Jung and Freud. The text of this Modern Library 20th Century Rediscovery was set from the first American edition of 1922.

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Out of print for more than a decade, a new edition of this stunning psychological novel captures the oppressive strength of family love as Harriett, taught since childhood that good behavior is essential, sacrifices her own dreams and desires, with devastating consquences for herself and those who love her. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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About the Author

May Sinclair (1863–1946), poet, translator, critic, fiction writer, woman’s suffrage advocate, and co-founder of a pioneering psychoanalytic clinic, was one of the most popular female British novelists of the early twentieth century. Her twenty-four novels include Mary Olivier: A Life and The Three Sisters.

Francine Prose’s most recent book is The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired. A contributing editor at Harper’s, she is the author of ten books of fiction, including Blue Angel, a 2000 National Book Award finalist.

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ISBN:
9780307769671
Publisher:
Modern Library
Subject:
Fiction : General
Introduction:
Prose, Francine
Author:
Sinclair, May
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Single women
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
England
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Repression.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20031104
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
86
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Life and Death of Harriett Frean
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"Synopsis" by , Out of print for more than a decade, a new edition of this stunning psychological novel captures the oppressive strength of family love as Harriett, taught since childhood that good behavior is essential, sacrifices her own dreams and desires, with devastating consquences for herself and those who love her. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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