{"product_id":"ambitious-heights","title":"Ambitious Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did the Victorian woman cope with the image of herself as a writer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat were the constraints on female friendships in a world centred on the pre-eminence of the husband?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow significant for an ambitious woman were her politics about men?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this book, originally published in 1990, is a friendship between two women: Jane Carlyle and the novelist Geraldine Jewsbury. But it was a difficult friendship, and in its difficulty lies much that is illuminating: about nineteenth-century domestic ideology; about writing for a market, and female fame; and about the complex ambivalences between women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining aspects of their lives, writing, and relationships, alongside those of two other writers – Felicia Hemans and Geraldine’s sister, Maria Jane – Norma Clarke provides a subtle and illuminating discussion of the possibilities that were open to women in the Victorian age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247904182616,"sku":"9781032263472","price":132.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032263472.jpg?v=1769741139","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ambitious-heights","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}