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336 pages • first pub 1943 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781844089529
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Virago Modern Classics
Edition Pub Date: 02 October 2014
The ideal reader for The Friendly Young Ladies is someone who delights in watching a sheltered Cornish teen upend a 1937 houseboat ménage of writers and artists, unleashing a chain of comic, erotically charged entanglements that poke sly fun at the doom-laden queer narratives of the era.
Description
Elsie, sheltered and naive, is seventeen and unhappy. Stifled by life with her bickering parents in a bleak Cornish village, she falls in love with the first presentable young man she meets – Peter, an ambitious London doctor. On his advice she ru...
Community Reviews
Moods
funny: 60%
lighthearted: 56%
reflective: 56%
emotional: 39%
challenging: 17%
adventurous: 13%
mysterious: 13%
relaxing: 13%
informative: 8%
hopeful: 4%
sad: 4%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, MisogynyMinor
Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia
336 pages • first pub 1943 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781844089529
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Virago Modern Classics
Edition Pub Date: 02 October 2014
The ideal reader for The Friendly Young Ladies is someone who delights in watching a sheltered Cornish teen upend a 1937 houseboat ménage of writers and artists, unleashing a chain of comic, erotically charged entanglements that poke sly fun at the doom-laden queer narratives of the era.
Description
Elsie, sheltered and naive, is seventeen and unhappy. Stifled by life with her bickering parents in a bleak Cornish village, she falls in love with the first presentable young man she meets – Peter, an ambitious London doctor. On his advice she ru...
Community Reviews
Moods
funny: 60%
lighthearted: 56%
reflective: 56%
emotional: 39%
challenging: 17%
adventurous: 13%
mysterious: 13%
relaxing: 13%
informative: 8%
hopeful: 4%
sad: 4%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, MisogynyMinor
Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia