{"product_id":"young-mrs-burton-paperback-9780521282987","title":"Young Mrs. Burton (Paperback) 9780521282987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYoung Mrs. Burton\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYoung Mrs Burton is the third in a series of autobiographical novels written by Margaret Penn, following on from Manchester Fourteen Miles and The Foolish Virgin.\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\"\u003e9780521282987, 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\"\u003e260 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\"\u003eYoung Mrs Burton is the third in a series of autobiographical novels written by Margaret Penn, following on from Manchester Fourteen Miles and The Foolish Virgin. It tells of Hilda Winstanley's (Margaret Penn's) marriage to a journalist who became an officer in the First World War and returned from the war injured, a hero, alcoholic and unemployable. She had to turn, painfully, from being the ideal young upper-middle-class wife immured from the practicalities of living into being the family breadwinner. At a crisis of total destitution, she had to send her own children to be adopted: a traumatic - or possibly providential - repetition of her own history as related in Manchester Fourteen Miles. 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. Hostage to fortune\u003cbr\u003e 2. The first alarm\u003cbr\u003e 3. November 11th, 1918\u003cbr\u003e 4. Whiskey and sea air\u003cbr\u003e 5. Doctor Brighton\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'The jingle of the guinea'\u003cbr\u003e 7. The second hostage\u003cbr\u003e 8. The glittering rewards of commerce\u003cbr\u003e 9. Provincial interlude\u003cbr\u003e 10. A temporary separation\u003cbr\u003e 11. An involuntary reunion\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Facilis est descensus…\u003cbr\u003e 13. …Averni'\u003cbr\u003e 14. Memoires d'outre-tombe\u003cbr\u003e 15. The weaker vessel\u003cbr\u003e 16. Can moss Ferry save them?\u003cbr\u003e 17. The end of an education.\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":46004693729560,"sku":"9780521282987","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521282987i_5873aa38-86f7-4737-aecf-4fbbc06b58b7.jpg?v=1691374506","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/young-mrs-burton-paperback-9780521282987","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}