Ann Veronica Annotated

Download or read book Ann Veronica Annotated written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H. G. Wells published in 1909.Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty", against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter inspired by the 1908 attempt of suffragettes to storm Parliament.