Awkward Age

The Awkward Age(1899), written at a time when female emancipation and the double standard were subjects of fierce debate, is the most remarkable example of James's dramatic method. The novel traces the experiences of 18-year-old Nanda Brookenham, exposed to corruption in the salon of her youthful, 'modern' mother, who, in maintaining a circle where talk is shockingly sophisticated, 'must sacrifice either her daughter or...her intellectual habits'. A sense of suppressed violence lurks behind this powerful story of virginal innocence and its importance in the marriage market.

Product details

• Authors: Henry James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2009
• EAN: 9780199554911
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955491-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subject: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English