Amy Dillwyn

Klappentext  Born into one of Swansea’s most distinguished families, Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935) was a Welsh novelist who tackled complex class issues in her works. Following the deaths of her brother in 1890 and her father in 1892, Dillwyn inherited her father’s bankrupt business and, employing an aggressive management style, restored it to prosperity. In this biography, based largely on Dillwyn’s diaries, David Painting sheds light on this extraordinary woman of exceptional spirit and personality, revealing her to be not just a pioneering female British industrialist and novelist but also an ardent proponent of social justice. . . a thoroughly readable and entertaining account of a quite remarkable Victorian gentlewoman ... Welsh History Review

Product details

• Authors: David Painting, Painting David
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2013
• EAN: 9780708326725
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2672-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, Amy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, Dillwyn