A startlingly unique collection of classic short stories.
When Miss Ogilvy goes home to Surrey after three years serving in France, life with her sisters seems dull and monotonous compared to the horrors of war. She begins to wonder where she belongs, and imagines her life long ago, before the world had even begun…
This part historical, part fantastical tale opens this remarkable collection of short stories by a controversial feminist author. In The Rest Cure a man pays the ultimate price; Fräulein Schwartz is the story of a German woman during the war, surrounded by hatred, squandering her love on a kitten; and Upon the Mountains follows two people’s tragic struggle for love.
Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself is a compelling and readable post-war collection full of unique characters musing on themes of feminism and the effects of war, but ultimately just trying to find their place in the world.
‘Vivid and interesting’ – Sunday Times
‘Arresting and original’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Whoever we are, we tend to see ourselves in her’ – Terry Castle
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed works.
Genre: General Fiction
When Miss Ogilvy goes home to Surrey after three years serving in France, life with her sisters seems dull and monotonous compared to the horrors of war. She begins to wonder where she belongs, and imagines her life long ago, before the world had even begun…
This part historical, part fantastical tale opens this remarkable collection of short stories by a controversial feminist author. In The Rest Cure a man pays the ultimate price; Fräulein Schwartz is the story of a German woman during the war, surrounded by hatred, squandering her love on a kitten; and Upon the Mountains follows two people’s tragic struggle for love.
Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself is a compelling and readable post-war collection full of unique characters musing on themes of feminism and the effects of war, but ultimately just trying to find their place in the world.
Praise for Radclyffe Hall:
‘Vivid and interesting’ – Sunday Times
‘Arresting and original’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Whoever we are, we tend to see ourselves in her’ – Terry Castle
Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed works.
Genre: General Fiction
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