Description: First English translation of the famous German novel about a woman's struggle against Victorian social conventions, now in paperback for classroom use.
Brief description: LYNNE TATLOCK is the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.
Review Quotes: This acute and angry analysis of a respectable middle-class girl whose emotional, sexual, and intellectual needs go unmet by her society possesses the kind of energy and conviction that make it live in the mind. Expertly translated by Lynne Tatlock, whose introduction provides precisely the historical information and critical insight that readers need, the novel will be invaluable particularly for Women's Studies courses -- and a good read for just about anyone.--Patricia Meyer Spacks, Virginia