ANN VERONICA
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ANN VERONICA, A MODERN LOVE STORY is a New Woman novel by H. G. WELLS published by T. Fisher Unwin, London in 1909. It describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, a 21-year-old woman , against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Edwardian 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.
Ann Veronica created a sensation when published in the autumn of 1909 because of the feminist sensibilities of the heroine and also because of the affair Wells was having with Amber Reeves, the woman who inspired the novel's eponymous character.
Although the novel now seems very tame, Ann Veronica was considered a scandalous work by many in its day and was denounced as "capable of poisoning the minds of those who read it" by The Spectator.
The novel has been adapted for television twice, for radio once, and for a stage musical.
ANN VERONICA
$12.85