Showing results for title "Lolly Willowes", by author "Sylvia Townsend Warner" in Politics & Social Sciences

Brought to you by Penguin. Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling...

In this captivating feminist novel, Laura Willowes finds herself uprooted from her childhood home following her fathers death. Now living in London with her brother, sister-in-law, and their children, she reluctantly embraces her role as Aunt Lolly. As the years pass, her existence becomes a blur of familial duties and domesticity, but a spark ignites within her, urging her to reclaim her identity. Yet, just as she begins to assert herself, the shadows of obligation loom large once more. Published in 1926, this insightful tale critiques the societal expectations placed on women, all wrapped in...