H G Wells

Ann Veronica (Illustrated) H G Wells

Stong-willed, reckless, and fiercely independent, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to be a Person, to work, love, and, above all, to live. Walking away from her stifling father and the social conventions of her time, she leaves drab suburbia for Edwardian London and encounters an unknown world of suffragettes, Fabians, and free love. But it is only when she meets the charismatic Capes that she truly confronts the meaning of her newfound freedom. Ann Veronica caused a sensation, damned in the press and preached against from the pulpits when it was first published due to Wells' groundbreaking treatment of female sexuality. A fascinating description of the women's suffrage movement, Ann Veronica offers an optimistic depiction of one woman's sexual awakening and search for independence.