Idle Woman - Gaslighting in the Nineteenth Century

A story of gaslighting, control and one woman's fight, An Idle Woman is the true story behind one of the most sensational divorce trials of the nineteenth century.

About the author

Wendy Parkins was born in Sydney and now lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. She has held academic posts at universities in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, where she was Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Kent until 2018. Her memoir, Every Morning, So Far, I’m Alive, was published in 2019. An Idle Woman is her first novel.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Parkins, Parkins Wendy
• Publisher: LEGEND PRESS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781915643278
• ISBN: 978-1-915643-27-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, Historical fiction, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Legal, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Feminist