Ann Veronica

by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

H. G. Wells's daring novel of a spirited young woman who breaks free of her father's household to claim her own life, love, and independence.

At a glance A landmark of the New Woman fiction that scandalised Edwardian England. When Ann Veronica Stanley slams the door on her father's respectable suburban house, she… Wells made of that walk one of the most controversial novels of its day. What it's about Ann Veronica is an intelligent, restless young woman chafing against the…

Ann Veronica is an intelligent, restless young woman chafing against the constraints of a conventional Edwardian upbringing.