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The ladies / Doris Grumbach.
LIBRA - Special PS3557.R83 L3 1984b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grumbach, Doris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1739-1829--Fiction.
- Butler, Eleanor.
- Butler, Eleanor, Lady, 1739-1829.
- Irish fiction.
- Wales.
- Ponsonby, Sarah, 1755-1831--Fiction.
- Ponsonby, Sarah.
- Ponsonby, Sarah, 1755-1831.
- Llangollen (Wales)--Fiction.
- Llangollen (Wales).
- Irish fiction--Wales.
- Lesbians--Fiction.
- Lesbians.
- Wales--Llangollen.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 188 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Advance uncorrected proof.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : E.P. Dutton, [1984]
- Summary:
- In the late 18th century, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby defied all conventions of their Irish homeland and eloped to Wales as a married couple. There, over many years, they forged a romantic paradise from a simple country cottage and a few acres of land. They called it "Plas Newydd" the New Place. Eleanor and Sarah lived in almost utter solitude. When the outside world eventually discovered them, many people journeyed to Wales out of curiosity to meet the renowned "Ladies of Llangollen." All of them came away with profound respect for their way of life, their love for each other, and their courage to be themselves.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has sheet with book description and publication information laid in at front.
- OCLC:
- 927017974
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