Tension

By:

E.M. Delafield

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Paperback / softback

Series:

British Library Women Writers

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"I know that things of that kind always are known, and the people I've been thrown with, sooner or later, always turned out to have heard the story. Or if they hadn't," said Miss Marchrose in a voice of calm despair, "someone took the trouble to tell them." Miss Marchrose is about to discover that she cannot escape her past when she takes up a new position at a secretarial college in the south west of England. Following insinuations dropped by the director's wife, she becomes the subject of a whispering campaign which threatens her professional career and personal happiness. Tension examines reputation and the persistence of gossip in relation to a woman's choice of work and domestic arrangements with a light touch of humour. The two main female characters represent the different roles of women in public life: Lady Rossiter uses her social position to influence college matters, while Miss Marchrose is a professional woman who brings qualifications and experience to her role.

Author Biography:

E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific British writer best known for the largely autobiographical The Diary of a Provincial Lady. At the outbreak of the First World War Delafield worked as a nurse in a Voluntary Aid Detachment and published The War Workers in 1918. Tension was published in 1920.

Release date NZ

May 13th, 2021

Author

E.M. Delafield

Series

British Library Women Writers

Contributor

Afterword by Simon Thomas

Pages

224

Audience

General (US: Trade)

ISBN-13

9780712353939

Product ID

34020778

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