The friendly young ladiesWhen seventeen-year-old Elsie runs away from home, she seeks out her older sister Leo, only to find Leo sharing a houseboat, and a bed, with the beautiful, fair-haired Helen. When Elsie decides to stay for a bit, she turns Helen and Leo's lifestyle upside down. An enchanting portrait of Bohemian life in 1930s London, this delightfully provocative romantic comedy was written in 1943 in opposition to the despair characteristic of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness or Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. |
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User Review - atreic - LibraryThingI read this book because I was reading reviews of the Well of Loneliness, and it was mentioned. In fact, the comment was something like 'oh God, the Well of Loneliness, it's so up itself and tortured ... Read full review
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User Review - themulhern - LibraryThingThe writing is excellent which makes the story effective. The young Elsie is a very sad character who doesn't have much grasp of the reality that everybody else seems to understand so well, but their ... Read full review
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| Title | The friendly young ladies |
| Author | Mary Renault |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1945 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Aug 30, 2011 |
| ISBN | 039473369X, 9780394733692 |
| Length | 284 pages |
| Subjects | › Bloomsbury (London, England) Bohemianism Bohemianism/ Fiction Fiction / General Fiction / Lesbian Houseboats Lesbians Love stories Physicians Psychological fiction Sisters Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Triangles (Interpersonal relations)/ Fiction Young women Young women/ Fiction |
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