検索キーワード： 著者 "Catherine Helen Spence" すべてのカテゴリー

Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his heretofore unknown son and left them only a small allowance, expecting them to make their own way in the world using the education he furnished them. Will the girls survive in a world that expects them, at the most, to become governesses? (summary by Karen Savage)

In Mr Hogarths Will, sisters Jane and Elsie Melville grow up under the guidance of their kind-hearted yet quirky uncle, Mr Hogarth. Believing in the equality of the sexes, he provides them with a boys education. However, upon his passing, they are stunned to discover that their entire inheritance has gone to a previously unknown son, leaving them with only a modest allowance. With no choice but to carve out their own futures in a society that expects them to settle for roles as governesses, will these determined young women be able to thrive and challenge the norms that seek to confine them? (...