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In one of her later masterpieces, May Sinclair—renowned author, literary critic, and feminist advocate—delves into the complex life of Kitty Tailleur, a strikingly beautiful yet fallen woman in search of respectability. Following the success of her groundbreaking work, The Divine Fire, Sinclair artfully employs irony and subtlety to unravel the societal hypocrisy surrounding womens struggles for power and dignity. Set against the backdrop of a quaint seaside hotel, Kitty finds herself entangled in a passionate romance with Robert Lucy, a kind-hearted widower with two young daughters. ...

May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, renowned in Britain and the US during the 1910s and 1920s. In The Judgment of Eve, as with many of her novels, she employs irony and understatement to unveil the hypocrisy of societal norms, particularly the tragic reality of womens powerlessness. The story follows Aggie, the most attractive and well-educated young woman in the isolated village of Queningford. Faced with a choice between the strong, confident farmer John and the sensitive, intellectual lawyer’s clerk Arthur, she ultimately chooses Arthur, leading ...

Harriett Frean is a privileged, single woman caught in the grip of a life marked by dependency, tedium, and unfulfilled potential as she dutifully cares for her aging parents while awaiting the arrival of a suitor. When love finally presents itself, it comes with a moral quandary the man is engaged to her closest friend. Should she risk everything for what seems to be her one shot at happiness, or does she have the strength to choose a different path? Can Harriett find purpose and fulfillment on her own, without the societal expectations of marriage? May Sinclair, with her signature gentle ...

Spend your next 30 minutes traveling to a future where first adopters have the most advanced robot butlers or where everyone has a superpower - except the young man you just met. Or perhaps you prefer a good hard-boiled detective story or one about a hardscrabble life in the Australian outback.

The horror of the male experience during World War One was well documented in poetry, memoir, and fiction throughout the 20th century. Women's voices of despair, endurance and anger, however, have often been forgotten. These poems of political fury, widowed brides, industry undertaken, and sons and friends loved and lost, give a heartbreaking insight into the experience of women throughout World War One.

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Women's Social and Political Union.

Selección de cuentos cortos clásicos de la literatura universal pensada para todo público.

A gripping collection of classic stories in which the central figures are highly dangerous female characters - ranging from the creepy and unsettling to the utterly terrifying.

Fifty short stories by women writers who broke the mould.

May Sinclairs brilliance lies in her remarkable ability to connect the Victorian and modern eras, boldly challenging outdated thoughts and artistic forms. A generation older than the iconic literary figures of the postwar era, Sinclair possessed a unique vision for preserving the valuable aspects of the past while daring to explore new ideas. This is exemplified in her groundbreaking works, such as “Life and Death of Harriet Frean,” “Mary Olivier,” and “Tree of Heaven,” where she pioneered psychological and stream-of-consciousness narratives. Beyond her fiction, her philosophical ...

In Creators, Jane Holland emerges as a brilliant mind among a circle of extraordinary literary friends, sharing a profound artistic and intellectual bond with fellow novelist George Tanqueray. Despite their deep connection, both Jane and George find themselves reluctantly entwined in more conventional romantic commitments, leading to intense crises of heart, mind, and artistic integrity. This remarkable philosophical novel by May Sinclair delves into the challenges faced by artistic geniuses, particularly the obstacles posed by love, societal expectations, the seductive nature of popularity, ...

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. By a choice of vows each undertakes to stay with the other through the good times and the bad. And most probably there will be plenty of both and much in between. But the union of marriage comes in many shades and hues, some balanced, some destined to last a lifetime and others set to fizzle out or stumble to an ill-mannered conclusion in separation or divorce and, of course, death.

A collection of short stories written by prominent supporters of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom....

Dive into the intriguing world of Idealism, a philosophy revitalized in eighteenth-century Europe by George Berkeley, which boldly challenges materialism by asserting that Reality is a construct of the Mind. Once thriving under the guidance of thinkers like Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer, and Schelling, Idealism waned in influence as the nineteenth century drew to a close. Yet, the remarkable May Sinclair—an author known for her thought-provoking novels and service in the World War I ambulance corps—emerged as an unexpected champion of this philosophical tradition, seeking to reinvigorate it ...

May Sinclair was the nom de plume of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1863-1946), a British writer of novels, short stories and poetry and an active suffragette and spiritualist. 'Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched' is a highly unsettling and creepy story about an adulterous couple who are damned to continue their loathsome, loveless relationship for all eternity.

A wonderful collection of 50 phenomenal stories by the world’s great short story writers.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love in its fiery form may last but a moment―or forever. The need and want are obvious to both. Its all-consuming, if feels like it will always endure and never end. But passion and desire can burn bright and then burn themselves out. Our very devoted authors have much to share.

A bumper collection of classic ghost stories and strange supernatural tales.

May Sinclair was the nom de plume of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1863-1946), a British writer of novels, short stories and poetry and an active suffragette and spiritualist. 'The Mahatma's Story' is a strange supernatural story about an oriental magician who switches the memories of two couples, with bizarre results.

May Sinclair was the nom de plume of Mary Amelia St. Clair (1863-1946), a British writer who wrote novels, short stories and poetry. She was an active suffragette and a spiritualist. 'The Nature of the Evidence' is a ghost story about a first wife who returns to this world when her husband remarries, to protest her disapproval of his choice of second wife and prevent the two of them from ever sharing a bed.