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159 pages • first pub 1934 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
This novel suits a reader who is drawn to spare, emotionally raw portraits of young women negotiating isolation, sexual power, and cultural displacement in a hostile city, and who appreciates a slow-dawning critique of patriarchal double standards without expecting redemptive uplift.
Description
A chorus girl of eighteen in a fit-up touring company, Anna Morgan sees England as a succession of identical cold hard towns, greyly contrasting with the flaming colours of her West Indian childhood. A brief liaison with a kindly but unimaginat...
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Moods
dark: 72%
sad: 72%
emotional: 63%
reflective: 55%
challenging: 27%
tense: 20%
mysterious: 6%
funny: 2%
relaxing: 1%
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, Mental illness, AbortionModerate
Misogyny, Alcoholism, RacismMinor
Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship159 pages • first pub 1934 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books/Penguin Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
This novel suits a reader who is drawn to spare, emotionally raw portraits of young women negotiating isolation, sexual power, and cultural displacement in a hostile city, and who appreciates a slow-dawning critique of patriarchal double standards without expecting redemptive uplift.
Description
A chorus girl of eighteen in a fit-up touring company, Anna Morgan sees England as a succession of identical cold hard towns, greyly contrasting with the flaming colours of her West Indian childhood. A brief liaison with a kindly but unimaginat...
Community Reviews
Moods
dark: 72%
sad: 72%
emotional: 63%
reflective: 55%
challenging: 27%
tense: 20%
mysterious: 6%
funny: 2%
relaxing: 1%
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, Mental illness, AbortionModerate
Misogyny, Alcoholism, RacismMinor
Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship