{"product_id":"the-foolish-virgin-paperback-9780521282970","title":"The Foolish Virgin (Paperback) 9780521282970","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Foolish Virgin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Foolish Virgin is a biographical sequel to Manchester Fourteen Miles.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Penn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521282970, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 March 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Foolish Virgin is a biographical sequel to Manchester Fourteen Miles, in which Margaret Penn describes her childhood in a Lancashire labourer's family at the turn of the century. The sequel begins where the earlier book leaves off with Hilda Winstanley (alias Margaret Penn) arriving in London to live with her real father's family. It is a moving and humorous account of a young girl's reaction to being taken from a highly traditional rural working-class family and plunged into the sophisticated and active life of a middle-class professional family. By the end of the book Hilda Winstanley is a complete member of a higher class; literate, cultured, politically aware as a liberal and suffragist and prepared to earn her living as a secretary. The three volumes were popular with reviewers and readers in the late 1940s but then fell out of print. They now hold new appeal, as an important record of a fascinating period of social history, as well as a moving and evocative account of one woman's life. Cambridge University Press is delighted to make them available for a new generation to enjoy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The nation of London\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sunday: new style\u003cbr\u003e 3. Aunt Helen and Aunt Mildred\u003cbr\u003e 4. The first battle\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Flowre of cities all\u003cbr\u003e 6. Springtime\u003cbr\u003e 7. Processes of education\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hilda alone\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mr Rumsey's establishment\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mr Ram Lal\u003cbr\u003e 11. The cause\u003cbr\u003e 12. Earning once more\u003cbr\u003e 13. Return to Moss Ferry\u003cbr\u003e 14. Old aquaintance\u003cbr\u003e 15. Onslaught of the hosts of Midian\u003cbr\u003e 16. A young girl out in the world\u003cbr\u003e 17. Encounter with a real author\u003cbr\u003e 18. The year 1914\u003cbr\u003e 19. The plains of heaven\u003cbr\u003e 20. Paradise deferred.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004635468056,"sku":"9780521282970","price":29.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521282970i_7115b8a9-7fd1-42a9-818a-6e6146e87994.jpg?v=1691374500","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-foolish-virgin-paperback-9780521282970","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}