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Tension

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tension
Authors and Contributors      By (author) E. M. Delafield
Afterword by Simon Thomas
SeriesBritish Library Women Writers
Series part Volume No. 9
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 130
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780712353939
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher British Library Publishing
Imprint British Library Publishing
Publication Date 13 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"I know that things of that kind always are known, and the people I've been thrown with, sooner or later, always turned out to have heard the story. Or if they hadn't," said Miss Marchrose in a voice of calm despair, "someone took the trouble to tell them." Miss Marchrose is about to discover that she cannot escape her past when she takes up a new position at a secretarial college in the south west of England. Following insinuations dropped by the director's wife, she becomes the subject of a whispering campaign which threatens her professional career and personal happiness. Tension examines reputation and the persistence of gossip in relation to a woman's choice of work and domestic arrangements with a light touch of humour. The two main female characters represent the different roles of women in public life: Lady Rossiter uses her social position to influence college matters, while Miss Marchrose is a professional woman who brings qualifications and experience to her role.

Author Biography

E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific British writer best known for the largely autobiographical The Diary of a Provincial Lady. At the outbreak of the First World War Delafield worked as a nurse in a Voluntary Aid Detachment and published The War Workers in 1918. Tension was published in 1920.