A Modern Antaeus.

£60 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A very good copy indeed, with an attractive gift inscription at the head of the half-title. Engen identifies the character of Marcia in this autobiographical novel as based on Clemence Housman: “Tm too strong for my sex… There are so many things I can do, and mayn’t. It never strikes a man, I suppose, what a prison this is? You don’t want to thread needles, and darn stockings, or wear your hair long; all things you could do if you wished. If you want to break out, you break out, and that’s the difference, But look at me!”

• Year: 1901

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