It would be natural to think that authors who, like Miss Ellen F. Pinsent in her book, “Children of This World,” write with sympathy for the New Woman, would sometimes endeavour to show that that being is capable of living her life in a satisfactory fashion, at least to herself. The reverse is, however, the general rule, and in the present case the modern girl, typified in Rachel Millman, comes to signal grief. Neither the atmosphere of Newnham nor the hope of obtaining a degree prevents her from succumbing to the fascinations of the very commonplace Mauleverer, for whose sake, when he has already married someone else, she commits suicide. Rachel differs from the custom of her kind in entertaining strong religious impressions, which to a certain extent aid her in combating her unfortunate passion, but the story inclines to a morbid exaggeration both of sentiment and expression. Messrs. Methuen and Co. are the publishers.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949