Story of Avis, The

By Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

Book Id: WPLBN0002951495
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File Size: 300.11 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Story of Avis, The
Author:	Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Story of Avis, The
Historic Publication Date:	1877
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Stuart Phelps, B. E. (1877). Story of Avis, The. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's 1877 novel is set in a New England college town, and focuses on Avis Dobell, a professor's daughter. Avis is a talented painter, and bucks against the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. She wants to pursue a career as an artist and rejects marriage and motherhood, until she meets the charismatic young professor Philip Ostrander. Phelps's novel is a beautifully-written examination of the conflicts between marriage and career for women that is still relevant today. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

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