The daughter: A novel based on the life of Eleanor Marx de Judith Chernaik - 1979

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harper & Row. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. With remainder mark. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

remainder mark on bottom page edges

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

"K Mart 84 Cents" inscribed top corner of DJ else content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine reddish brown / black spine boards in DJ displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown.
With its emphasis on Eleanor Marx's late-19th-century conjugal angst, this might better be titled The Wife, but Eleanor cannot escape her parentage nor Chernaik the temptation to cash in on it. Father Karl, however, is already gone at the outset cf this fictionalized life, and Chernaik chooses to play down Eleanor's political activities in favor of her anguished ""marriage"" to that prototypical louse--parasite and failed playwright Edward Aveling. It is not that Eleanor's politics are absent--her lecturing, writing, and organizing labors on behalf of socialist and feminist issues form the backdrop--but the emotional impact of her successes and faillares in that sphere are dwarfed by her sexual conflicts. Chernalk's Eleanor is a onedimensional Madame Bovary caught between a theory of sexual… Leer más

Harper & Row, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes * Very good in good, nicked dust jacket. First Edition. Inscribed presentation copy signed by author.