Set in India in 1975 and 1976 under an impending political crisis, A Fine Balance follows the lives of four characters in a coastal city in India (Mumbai, formerly Bombay) and the many other figures to whom they are connected…. Read More ›
poverty in literature
Analysis of George Gissing’s The Odd Women
As did most novels by George Gissing, The Odd Women focused on working-class poor in an uncaring society. The novel opens with six happy sisters, living with their widower physician father. He believes that women should not have to worry… Read More ›
Analysis of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton
Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel of social injustice, Mary Barton, was banned in 1907 by the London County Council, which deemed the novel unfit for children aged 14 and under. That action supports the power of Gaskell’s prose to influence readers in… Read More ›
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