Book #33099

In Joy and in Sorrow: Women, Family, and Marriage in the Victorian South, 1830-1900

Carol Bleser
Book #33099 In Joy and in Sorrow: Women, Family, and Marriage in the Victorian South, 1830-1900. Carol Bleser.

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
ISBN: 0195060474

A lovely first edition/first printing Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear.

This book tells the stories of women in the Victorian South who married and experienced both joy and sorrow in their marriages. The author discusses the cultural and social expectations that surrounded marriage and the ways that women struggled to meet these expectations. She also includes interviews with descendants of these women to give a more personal perspective on their families and marriages.; 8vo; FSA.

Price: $40.00