Overview
Imagine a plague that brings society to a standstill by killing off most of the men on Earth. TheĀ Ā few men who survive descend into lechery and atavism. Meanwhile, a group of women (accompanied by one virtuous male survivor) leave the wreckage of London to start fresh, establishing a communally run agrarian outpost. But their sexist society hasnāt permitted most of them to learn any useful skillsāwill the commune survive their first winter? This is the bleak world imagined in 1913 by English writer J. D. Beresfordāone that has particular resonance for the planetās residents in the 2020s. This edition of A World of Women offers twenty-first century readers a new look at a neglected classic.
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Beresford introduces us to the solidly bourgeois, prim and proper Gosling family. As once-bustling London shuts downāParliament closes, factories grind to a halt, nature reclaims stone and steelāthe paterfamilias Mr. Gosling adopts a life of libertinism while his daughters in the countryside struggle to achieve a radically transformed and improved egalitarian and feminist future.
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This book title, A World of Women, ISBN: 9780262543354, by J. D. Beresford, Astra Taylor, published by MIT Press (March 8, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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