As Monica experiences the challenges of married life, Rhoda finds herself drawn to Mary's cousin, the charming but apparently profligate Everard. Its themes are the role of women in society, marriage, morals and the early feminist movement. The Odd Women (1893) is a novel by George Gissing. The idea of the superfluity of unmarried women was one the New Woman novels of the 1890s sought to challenge. So many odd women - no making a pair with them. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting women: Mary Barfoot, a feminist philanthropist who helps train women for careers her close friend Rhoda Nunn, who believes marriage is a disastrous choice for women and Monica Madden, who starts out as one of their protegees but chooses to marry a seemingly kind older man. The Odd Women is an 1893 novel by the English novelist George Gissing. there are half a million more women than men in this unhappy country of ours. This meant there were 'odd' women left over at. The novel's title is derived ostensibly from the notion that there was an excess of one million women over men in Victorian England. Set in London, Gissings women range from the independent free-thinker Rhoda Nunn and the idealistic Mary Barfoot to the Madden sisters who struggle to make a living. Its themes are the role of women in society, marriage, morals and the early feminist movement. George Gissing’s 1893 gripping novel The Odd Womenexplores themes like the role of women in society, marriage, morals, and the nascent feminist movement. George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century 'Woman Question' by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The Odd Women is an 1893 novel by the English novelist George Gissing. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Odd Women

The Odd Women by George Gissing