Joanna Godden (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sheila Kaye-Smith
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Rural England
- Principal Characters: Joanna Godden, Ellen Godden, Arthur Alce, Martin Trevor, Albert Hill
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Sisters, Women, Wealth
- Locales: England
The Story:
After her father’s funeral, Joanna Godden took immediate command of her sister Ellen and of the prosperous farm, Little Ansdore. She had always had many notions about making the farm even more productive, and she proposed now to execute these ideas, although her neighbors and her advisers thought her a stubborn and foolish woman. Her perennial suitor, Arthur Alce, stuck by her, although he knew he could never change Joanna’s mind about the farm or about accepting him as a husband.
In addition to the farm, her sister Ellen consumed much of Joanna’s...
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