H.G. Wells – The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman – First Edition 1917
£60.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘The Wife of Isaac Harman’ published by Macmillan in 1914. A very good book without inscriptions. Bumping to corners – previous owner’s bookplate.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells centres on Lady Harman, a sheltered young woman trapped in a domineering marriage to the authoritarian hotel magnate Sir Isaac. As she becomes involved in women’s suffrage and encounters more progressive thinkers, she awakens to her own desires, intellect and autonomy. Wells uses her struggle to critique patriarchal control, commercial greed and social convention. The novel blends satire with social commentary, charting one woman’s emergence into independence and self-direction.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘The Wife of Isaac Harman’ published by Macmillan in 1914. A very good book without inscriptions Bumping to corners – previous owner’s bookplate.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. Wells centres on Lady Harman, a sheltered young woman trapped in a domineering marriage to the authoritarian hotel magnate Sir Isaac. As she becomes involved in women’s suffrage and encounters more progressive thinkers, she awakens to her own desires, intellect and autonomy. Wells uses her struggle to critique patriarchal control, commercial greed and social convention. The novel blends satire with social commentary, charting one woman’s emergence into independence and self-direction.
