Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2006-03-18 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #524 |
Description
"Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story" by H. G. Wells is a novel published in 1909. It follows twenty-one-year-old Ann Veronica Stanley as she rebels against her controlling father's patriarchal authority in Edwardian London. Fleeing her restrictive home to live independently, she pursues biology studies and becomes entangled in the women's suffrage movement. Her struggle for autonomy leads to unexpected complications when she falls in love with a married man, forcing her to choose between social convention and personal desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)