Vera Brittain's second novel. According to Jean Kinnard in Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby: A Working Partnership, this novel was Brittain's response to Winifred Holtby's novel The Crowded Street. It features the protagonist Christine Merivale, a girl who graduates from a vibrant career as a student in 1911 , only to face a predictable life of "coming out" and marriage in her provincial hometown of Torborough. World War One looms on the horizon.
Vera Brittain's second novel. According to Jean Kinnard in Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby: A Working Partnership, this novel was Brittain's response to Winifred Holtby's novel The Crowded Street. It features the protagonist Christine Merivale, a girl who graduates from a vibrant career as a student in 1911 , only to face a predictable life of "coming out" and marriage in her provincial hometown of Torborough. World War One looms on the horizon.