{"product_id":"wonder-of-women-the-darker-sex-audiobook-1","title":"Wonder of Women - The Darker Sex (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate the true pioneers of female literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Laurel Lefkow, Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley(Unabridged: 11:43mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by George Eliot, Francis Stevens, Violet Jacob, Clotilde Graves, Louisa Baldwin, Emily Bronte \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLet’s be clear. We are all equal under the law.  However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status.  Women were chattel and property.  There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told.  Many did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms.  However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDozens of authors appeared to fill the need.  Narratives had new ideas.  Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe women included here are talents that dazzle.  Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top.  Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThey still speak to us with a clear and unique voice.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this volume we have gathered together stories that reveal a darker side, a more complicated aspect to the nature of women authors.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn their words powerful stories are given greater depth, more nuance and force purely when written through the prism of their individual and unique talents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1 - Women of Wonder - The Darker Sex - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e2 - The Lifted Veil - Part 1 by George Eliot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e3 - The Lifted Veil - Part 2 by George Eliot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e4 - Behind the Curtain by Gertrude Barrows Bennett writing as Francis Stevens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e5 - Behind the Wall by Violet Jacob\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e6 - Under The Electrics by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e7 - The Shadow on the Blind by Louisa Baldwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e8 - The Palace of Death by Emily Bronte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e9 - In the Séance Room by Lettice Galbraith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e10 - In the Mist by Mary E Penn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e11 - The Face in the Glass by Mary Elizabeth Braddon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e12 - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e13 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e14 - Tamar by Lady Eleanor Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e15 - Sylvia by Bessie Kyffin Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e16 - Luz by Elinor Mordaunt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e17 - Lena Wrace by May Sinclair\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e18 - John Charrington's Wedding by Edith Nesbit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e19 - The Devil's Mother-in-Law by Fernan Caballeron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e20 - The Three Kisses by Violet Quirk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e21 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e22 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e23 - In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43438850670670,"sku":"AB-26439","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781803541976_Women_of_Wonder_-_The_Darker_Sex_2bc3f520-6ce8-403f-a21d-4594c372f193.jpg?v=1771427051","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/wonder-of-women-the-darker-sex-audiobook-1","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}