Regiment of Women
Author: Dane, Clemence
ISBN: 9780593244050
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 18 Jul 2023
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Obsessive friendships lead to tragedy in this early-twentieth-century novel about a charismatic femme fatale, an impressionable student, and a naive teacher.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Obsessive friendships lead to tragedy in this early-twentieth-century novel about a charismatic schoolmistress, a naP#239;ve new teacher, and an impressionable studentPlt;bPgt;P#8212;with an afterword by Melissa Broder, author of Plt;iPgt;Milk FedPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;The Pisces.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Clare Hartill is a brilliant, commanding educator at a private all-girls boarding school: the undisputed queen of her own small kingdom. But her tightly controlled world is disrupted when she meets Alwynne Durand, a nineteen-year-old teacher with no formal training. AlwynneP#39;s innocence and openness endear her to the secretive Clare. Alwynne is drawn to ClareP#39;s intelligence and sophistication. The two women fall headlong into an all-consuming friendship and begin planning a life together.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But their relationship is tested when an exceptionally gifted student named Louise enters their orbit. Louise will do anything to win ClareP#39;s approval. Meanwhile, ClareP#39;s jealous and manipulative nature slowly pulls Alwynne away from her friends, her students, and her familyP#8212;anyone, in fact, who is not Clare Hartill.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Written in the early twentieth century by Winifred Ashton (under the pseudonym Clemence Dane), Plt;iPgt;Regiment of Women Plt;/iPgt;is a complex tale of love and power that asks: How well do we truly see the people we love? And what are we willing to sacrifice for them?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9780593244050
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 18 Jul 2023
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Obsessive friendships lead to tragedy in this early-twentieth-century novel about a charismatic femme fatale, an impressionable student, and a naive teacher.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Obsessive friendships lead to tragedy in this early-twentieth-century novel about a charismatic schoolmistress, a naP#239;ve new teacher, and an impressionable studentPlt;bPgt;P#8212;with an afterword by Melissa Broder, author of Plt;iPgt;Milk FedPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;The Pisces.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Clare Hartill is a brilliant, commanding educator at a private all-girls boarding school: the undisputed queen of her own small kingdom. But her tightly controlled world is disrupted when she meets Alwynne Durand, a nineteen-year-old teacher with no formal training. AlwynneP#39;s innocence and openness endear her to the secretive Clare. Alwynne is drawn to ClareP#39;s intelligence and sophistication. The two women fall headlong into an all-consuming friendship and begin planning a life together.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;But their relationship is tested when an exceptionally gifted student named Louise enters their orbit. Louise will do anything to win ClareP#39;s approval. Meanwhile, ClareP#39;s jealous and manipulative nature slowly pulls Alwynne away from her friends, her students, and her familyP#8212;anyone, in fact, who is not Clare Hartill.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Written in the early twentieth century by Winifred Ashton (under the pseudonym Clemence Dane), Plt;iPgt;Regiment of Women Plt;/iPgt;is a complex tale of love and power that asks: How well do we truly see the people we love? And what are we willing to sacrifice for them?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.Plt;/bPgt;
