A Girl Among the Anarchists, by Isabel Meredith
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"[...] In the small hours of a bitter January morning I sat in my room gazing into the fire, and thinking over many things. I was alone in the house, except for the servants, but this circumstance did not affect me. My childhood and upbringing had been of no ordinary nature, and I was used to looking after myself and depending on my own resources for amusement and occupation. My mother had died when I was yet a small child and, with my elder sister and brother, I had grown up under our father's eye. He was a chemist and a man of advanced ideas on most things. He had never sent us to school, preferring to watch in person over our education, procuring for us private tuition in many subjects, and himself instructing us in physical science and history, his two favourite studies. We rapidly gained knowledge under his system and were decidedly precocious children, but we had none of the ordinary school society and routine. Our childhood was by no means dull or mopish, for there were three of us [...]".
A Girl Among the Anarchists, by Isabel Meredith- Published on: 2015-03-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .41" w x 6.00" l, .45 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 180 pages
About the Author In her introduction, Jennifer Shaddock, a professor of English at Rutgers University, considers the novel's autobiographical and ideological cast.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A Glimpse into a Bygone Age By daibhidh Truly anarchist fiction is hard to come by. This book fictionalizes the experiences of a pair of sisters who lived in London during the heyday of anarchism at the end of the 19th Century. These sisters wrote under the pseudonym, Isabel Meredith.The book breezily follows many quirky characters who comprised the radical scene of the time, endlessly scheming and intriguing. The book is mildly humorous, as you see the mix of sincere revolutionaries, haughty poseurs, and dour ragamuffins intermingling with one another and getting on each others' nerves. I found that amusing, and still true today!But the book ultimately disappoints, as the protagonist, having dipped her toes into radical waters, ultimately repudiates the ideas -- you can almost see her looking down her nose at her former comrades, shaking her head wistfully.Still, it does provide the reader an entertaining look at a woefully under- and misrepresented period of history from someone who was definitely in the midst of it. I wish more people at the time had written fiction about this period.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. compulsory reading By theBeNcHpReSs This was another book that I stumbled upon by accident and enjoyed immensely. I find it astonishing that I didn't come across the book previously and I guess I have the internet to thank for exposing me to another great (and free) novel.The protagonist here is Isabel Meredith, a young Londoner living in the late nineteenth century. She comes from a wealthy and talented family, but after the death of both her parents, she turns to radical politics, and discovers that anarchism is the closest thing to her heart. As soon as the possibility arises she teams up with some truly eccentric anarchists and they take over the publication of a struggling anarchist paper. The narrator spends a great deal of time describing the people around her. In fact, character descriptions take up most of the novel. Stylistically it reminded me somewhat of Charles Dickens, but perhaps that's only because I'm a bit out of touch with more comparable English writers. To put it simply - the prose is really great.What touched me most about this was how little has apparently changed in 120 years of anarchism. Idealistic anarchists living with the poor and deranged. The talented exploited by the unscrupulous. Damaged anarchists putting their associates at risk. One thing that has changed however is that a modern european anarchist would probably not resort to eating a stewed tom cat (well probably not).After reading the book, I was inspired to do a bit of research on the author. Isabel Meredith was apparently the pseudonym of two sisters, Helen and Olivia Agresti. Incredibly Olivia in her later years moved to Italy and became a supporter of Mussolini (according to wikipedia). Learning this was somewhat disappointing to me, but it seems wrong to judge a book by the behaviour of the author. I'm still rating this with five stars.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. nice By Sadie Young Very nice. I enjoyed reading this.
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